Subject: Re: the missing plaques
From: Tim O'Connor (oconnort@nyu.edu)
Date: Fri Oct 06 2000 - 13:02:01 GMT
On Fri, Oct 06, 2000 at 04:42:05PM +0000, Paul Kennedy wrote:
> When in Paris, one can, of course, still visit Shakespeare & Co (although
> Ms. Beech has longsince gone on to that great remainder bin in the sky)
> where one can breathe the same rarified air that was once inhaled by dozens
> of expatriot English authors--and a few 'Meruhcans too.
It's unfortunately not the original store that was on the rue de
l'Odeon. I went to the shop that is currently there, and the gent
inside took pity on my broken French and gave me pretty good
directions to the new location, which is close to the Seine.
It was crowded and dusty, and the man who runs it is a bit of a loon
who claims to be a descendent of Walt Whitman!
> Oh yeah, while I'm at it, here's another Canadian book you might want to
> look at MEMORIES OF MONTPARNASSE by John Glasco.
I've read that and can definitely second it as an entertaining work.
> (And by the way, Tim, did you know that Lenny was an honourary pall bearer
> at Pierre's funeral--right behind Fidel!)
No! Lenny has truly reached a pinnacle. And behind Fidel is too
precious to bear; Cohen was in Cuba when Castro took power, and he
nearly got himself arrested at a time when it was particularly
dangerous to be arrested in Cuba. He plays upon his experiences
there in the song "Field Commander Cohen."
> OSR--Whatever happened to our own "Laughing Man"? Did he ever turn up in
> Manhattan?
Good question. I've been wondering about that one for a long time
now....
--tim
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