When German authorities arrived at the American Library in Paris, they systematically banned books, and Jewish subscribers were not allowed to enter the building. Instead, Reeder, her colleague Clara ...

Today, the building is housed in the left wing ... is what sets the library apart from Paris’ other book rooms. That and its striking, movie set-like interior, perhaps.

“Books are sufficient ... being so huge and intense, the library could have been overwhelming, but I’m exhilarated by his absence of snobbery’ Laurence Delamare, director of 7L From the start, she ...

The 400,000 books of its public library will move to ... we’re really in historic Paris, in the Marais – it caused an aesthetic shock.” Yet, the building that French poet Francis Ponge ...

Home to an array of galleries and bookshops, Paris’ Le Marais district has long ... and vinyl destination called the ANTI PUBLIC LIBRARY. The hybrid store-bar offers a curated selection of ...

Paris, July 16, 1960: An American girl (left) and two French youngsters in the reading room set aside for children at the American Library in Paris. The library was established after World War I ...