kindle을비롯한e-book이어린이와젊은이들을중심으로유행함에따라많은책방들이문을닫았거나폐점을고려하고있는실정이다.
즉대형책방이었던랜드마크가문을닫았고다음달이면델리최고의책방인FACTANDFICTION이폐점하게되고주인이었던Mr.AjitvikramSingh은역사속에기억이될것이다.사프다르정의또다른책방인SPELL&BOUND도문을닫는다고한다.
그와중에서도몇몇책방들은틈새시장을개척하고할인을하면서문화적허브의역할을수행하고있다.
1)
MIDLAND
개인적으로남편이좋아하는책방이다.책값을대략20퍼센트할인해준다.
When:Launchedin1982Where:20,AurobindoPlaceMarket,SriAurobindoMarg,BlockC2,HauzKhas;call:24653880Whattobuy:PlentyofDaphneMauriers,Murakamis,AgathaChristies,RuskinBonds,ChetanBhagats,ELJames’sFiftyShadesofGrey,AmartyaSens.ThereareocassionalsurpriseslikeArtSpiegelman’sgraphicbookBreakdowns.Pluscookbooks,children’sbooksandmagazines
2)
NSDBOOKSHOP
When:Begunin1993
Where:NationalSchoolofDramaBahawalpurHouse,BhagwandasRoad;call23389402Whattobuy:CollectedplaysofVijayTendulkar,ActofBecoming:ActorsTalk,ahistoryofIndiantheatrebyAmalAllana,formerNSDchairperson,postersofNSDproductions
3)
BAHRISONS
세계에서제일땅값이비싸다고하는칸마켓에자리잡은유명한책방으로델리의인텔리들이모여들곤했다.
MAYDAYBOOKSHOP
When:Launchedin2012Where:2254/2A,GroundFloor,ShadiKhampur,NewRanjitNagar,Khampur;call:tel:25709456Whattobuy:DasKapitalbyKarlMarx,ActingUpbyAMangai,NoFreeLeftbyVijayPrashad,AWorldtoWin:EssaysontheCommunistManifestobyAijazAhmad,TheJailNotebookandotherwritingsbyBhagatSingh
5)
FACT&FICTION
울집에서가까운책방으로오랜동안찾곤했던곳인데다음달에폐업이라니…이책방은할인을안해주기로
유명했다.^^
When:Opened1984.ClosesSeptember2015Where:Priyacinemacomplex,BasantlokMarket,VasantViharRushtobuy:ThomasBernhard’sfirstnovel,Frost,WilliamGibson’ssci-fi,ThePeripheral,UmbertoEco’sTheInfinityofLists,NewYorkReviewofBooksclassics,AlmaClassicsbooks(Baudelaire,Pushkin,Stendhal,MarquisdeSadeforR150-350)
OFFBEATBOOKADDAS
ThecollectionatKarimKhan’sNehruPlaceMarketstalliseclectic.ReadersareassuredofgreatconversationswithKarimtoo.KoolSkoolisinD-3,QutubPlazaMarket,DLFPhase-I,Gurgaon.ItsUSP:Abookstoreforkids,thebooksaresourcedfromIndianandinternationalpublishers.
(2015년8월8일힌두스탄타임즈참조함)
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