Do you spend a lot of time in bookshops? This city has a considerable amount of them, of all sizes, in the center, and recently i made a new acquaintance, an employee at one such small bookshop.
It turns out we are colleagues, since he has also been published in lit magazines. I referred to my story in one of them, and he appears willing to read it, so next time i meet him we might have more to talk about.
The bookstore is very small, like i said, but it is hosting only serious literature, such as Kafka, Dostoevsky, Flaubert, Baudelaire, De Maupassant, Shakespeare etc. The employee seems to have a similar taste in books as me, and already claimed that he rates Dostoevsky as the best ever writer, followed by Kafka. Unfortunately he did not share my enthusiasm for Maupassant, but we agreed on Gogol and some other writers.
So the question to you is if you regularly visit bookstores, and if you are in the habit of making new friends there, provided that the circumstances are right, and your particular prerequisites for such endeavors are met.
As for me, i learned that the small publishing house of the bookstore's owner is going to publish some never before translated to Greek stories by Kafka, such as the Village Schoolmaster, investigations of a dog, and a small theatrical play.
If nothing else at least i am increasing my social circle, slowly but steadily...
It turns out we are colleagues, since he has also been published in lit magazines. I referred to my story in one of them, and he appears willing to read it, so next time i meet him we might have more to talk about.
The bookstore is very small, like i said, but it is hosting only serious literature, such as Kafka, Dostoevsky, Flaubert, Baudelaire, De Maupassant, Shakespeare etc. The employee seems to have a similar taste in books as me, and already claimed that he rates Dostoevsky as the best ever writer, followed by Kafka. Unfortunately he did not share my enthusiasm for Maupassant, but we agreed on Gogol and some other writers.
So the question to you is if you regularly visit bookstores, and if you are in the habit of making new friends there, provided that the circumstances are right, and your particular prerequisites for such endeavors are met.
As for me, i learned that the small publishing house of the bookstore's owner is going to publish some never before translated to Greek stories by Kafka, such as the Village Schoolmaster, investigations of a dog, and a small theatrical play.
If nothing else at least i am increasing my social circle, slowly but steadily...
