Do not live in India Indian friends see my photos of old bookstore picture and asked me: go to Select it? Since people ask, you have to find. Enter the address in the phone book, the original in a bustling street, persevering, how could not find, and finally had to let Mary promised to drive away, we are looking to go off slowly. After a series of telephone inquiries, was told on the phone to find a dry cleaner, turn into the alley next to the small, amart all sports escaped a large trash and stray dogs, be careful not to step on cow dung, and the street outside amart all sports in contrast, almost no one cigarette end alley, finally saw Select signs. Before leaving to do their homework, so we know Select is Bangalore's oldest independent bookstores. Speaking of independent bookstores in India are many, especially in many of the old bookstore, amart all sports and some great scale, while others are a mess, but there are always such inexplicable attraction, always see a lot of people turn ah turn in bookstores.
Mr. Murphy is the second generation of the bookstore operator, amart all sports and his father in the 1940s before the independence of India opened this old bookstore, when engaged in aeronautical engineering in the U.S. Mr. Murphy From time to time for his father back from abroad valuable books because once stationed amart all sports in Spain, he also recruited from neighboring Paris back to his father's old bookstore books. Because of favorite books, Mr. Murphy resigned aviation engineer, joined the New York served as a bookstore stacks control, from a chance to find books for his father returned to India from abroad, the! In 1977, Mr. Murphy decided to return to India, his father's old bookstore. The moment we stepped into the bookstore, really I was a little disappointed that a few small rooms, mess of books piled up in one place, even on the shelves is East West, a random one lying, ragged dusty, there is a deep sense of curry mixture of musty old books. amart all sports I thought of Mumbai Prince Paul Ignatius those precious historical photos half a century ago, covered with dust, he rang the bell summoned Servant: rub. Servant brought an almost black in the black and white photographs free cloth rubbed a little streaking, I recalled Ignatius Paul continued to newly independent India, when he, on behalf of the President of India reception of foreign royal photo: amart all sports This is the King of Malaysia, I and he played a game of tennis, and he did not bring shoes, also borrowed my. . . Phil turned over the books of great interest, sitting in a pile of books Mr. Murphy looked up: What kind of books do you like it? Phil A. His history, Mr. Murphy turned and pointed to the left of the cabinet behind him: Which, history and war in this one. Phil little while to find a 1942 publication cloth hardcover book "From amart all sports Suez to Singapore," is a war correspondent during World War II's personal experience. This book is published sixty years ago! Mr. Murphy took the book smiled: a very interesting book, 350 rupees. Met a stranger, because the Englishman occlusive nature, not easy to just talk to people, usually by talkative and friendly Taiwanese Open dialogue: these books are from where? Mr. Murphy waiting for someone to ask him a question, amart all sports he can begin to tell a story - I read the reports from the Internet says. Mr. Murphy said he was in Mumbai have a good booksellers recruited for his books. Those books and from where you come? Ah, there is always a lot of people Parsi family of books to sell, I also learn from all over India, some of the books bought at auction. Parsi family in the British colonial era as good at business, lifestyle westernization, close contacts with the British colonists, so they really have a lot of Western-style furniture and habits, such as reading English books. Mr. Murphy went on to say: I and Mumbai between the bookseller forty years, unfortunately he passed away a few years ago. I did not dare to continue to ask, Mr. Murphy reeled from the pace seems that he might be eighty years old, right? amart all sports I guess he is no longer personally to find books of all over India. Furthermore, such an old bookstore one day be able to sell you one or two? It is also not far away from the Select has an old bookstore, various books neatly arranged, Mr. Murphy as tattered old bookstore how to survive? Half an hour later, bookstores finally came outside another addition to our customers. We apologize to Mr. Murphy: I'm sorry, newspaper reporter to interview appointment, you take your time. Seated I asked Mr. Murphy: You can take a picture of it? Of course you can, but you wait, I first put on his glasses, I prefer to wear glasses photographed.
Before leaving Mr. Murphy asked me: When are you going to leave Bangalore? Oh, no, we're not tourists, we are now living in Bangalore. Like India do, he asked. Liked it, four years ago we stayed in Mumbai. His eyes lit up under the glasses look: Really? This time to live long? I answer him at least three or four years now. Mr. Murphy took out a scrap of paper: Write down your email address, as well as items of interest, I have a special book will inform you. Our interview amart all sports with Mr. Murphy began to leave Select, avoid junk dung and stray dogs into another old bookstore, where I chose a Sri Lankan author's book, wearing headphones fashionable young girl did not win: 150 Rs. Second hand bookshop standing looking in the direction toward Select, my heart sour, Mr. Murphy's old bookstores, but also for how long?
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