Tales of a Bookseller

«— Oh, you’ve probably read everything here? — customers often tell me. — No, I don’t know how to read, my colleagues summarize for me, — I reply to them». This is one of thousands of dialogues that can be heard daily in a bookstore, and one of millions of questions that a bookseller has to answer. Meet: Elena Neshcheret, bookseller, literary critic, blogger, winner of the «Litblog» award, and now also a writer. That is, the very multi-armed character you see on the cover of this book. How does working in a bookstore differ from working in any other store? Is it easy to work here? Is it true that this profession is chosen by fanatics, in love with books and ready to breathe in the smells of dust and printing ink for days on end, and the rustling of pages sounds like music to them? How does a club bookstore differ from a large chain? And, finally, how not to go insane from the influx of all kinds of people and communicating with them? You will find answers to all these questions if you read «Tales of a Bookseller». But the main thing is you will catch that atmosphere that makes one become a bookseller, and you will meet the most diverse people who come into the bookstore, — sometimes not even to buy the next bestseller.