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There is a pair of lemon trees outside the Desperate Literature multilingual bookshop in Madrid and you could say that if God gave them lemons, owners Terry and Charlotte made a damn good lemonade with this literary haven. In their own words, Desperate Literature sells books. Real books. Desperate ones. Paper and glue. But actually, Desperate Literature is also a community, event space, a publishing house, and a home.
That's right, self-diagnosed book fanatics Terry Craven and Charlotte Delattre live above and in the vicinity of the bookshop. They both worked at the world-famous Paris bookshop Shakespeare and Company for a few years before opening Desperate Literature, inviting Madrilenos, travelers and unidentified walk-ins to write a poem on their vintage typewriter or take a shot of whiskey with a book purchase. We chat with Terry and Charlotte today to find out about the joys and despairs of their lives as booksellers.
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Books recommended by Charlotte and Terry:
Rinko Kawauchi: Illuminance;
The Savage Detectives, by Roberto Bolano;
Conversations With Friends, by Sally Rooney;
Room to Dream, by David Lynch;
Rainbow Milk, by Paul Mendez;
The Argonauts, by Maggie Nelson;
On the Road, by Jack Kerouac;
Selected Poems of Sylvia Plath;
The Great Gatsby, by F. Scott Fitzgerald
--- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/gotbooks/messageS3 Ep10 Alex Holder, Salted Books (Lisbon, Portugal)
S3 Mini Episode: Opening a Bookshop!
S3 Ep9 Edgars Lielausis, Robert's Books (Riga, Latvia)
S3 Mini Episode: Future Booksellers Club and Fun Christmas Gifts
S3 Ep8 Danny Caine, The Raven Book Store (Lawrence, Kansas, United States)
S3 Ep7 Hailey Brock, The Nature of Reading (Madison, New Jersey, United States)
S3 Mini Episode: All About Bookshops - Niche Bookshops Everywhere
S3 Ep6 Neil Paul & Brid Conroy, Tertulia (Westport, Ireland)
S3 Ep5 Federico Lang, Libreria Luces (Malaga, Spain)
S3 Ep4 Clayton Comber, Bouquiniste (Kiama, Australia)
S3 Ep3 Rakesh Singh, Harmony (Varanasi, India)
S3 Ep2 Gesine Tosin, About (Berlin, Germany)
S3 Ep1: Jorge F. Hernandez & Pablo Cerezo, Pergamo (Madrid, Spain)
S2 Ep 9: Christmas Special w. Pil Cappelen Smith, Cappelens Forslag (Oslo, Norway)
S2 Ep 8: Christmas Special w. Julia König & David Bloomfield, Golden Hare (Edinburgh, Scotland)
S2 Ep 7: Christmas Special w. Shaun Bythell, The Bookshop (Wigtown, Scotland)
S2 Ep 6: Christmas Special w. Stephen Fowler, Monkey's Paw (Toronto, Canada)
S2 Ep 5: Christmas Special w. Charlotte Delattre, Desperate Literature (Madrid, Spain)
Mini-Episode 5: News in Books & Book Review w. Emily Feetham (Girl in the Walls by A. J. Gnuse)
S2 Ep 4: Carmen Oliart, Sabina Editorial (Madrid, Spain)
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