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The first Gibert bookstore in 1908. Family Archives
Gibert Jeune bookstore has held a prominent place on Paris Place Saint Michel for decades, its yellow awnings nearly as iconic as the plaza s fountain statue of Saint Michael slaying a dragon.
Here, generations of students, intellectuals, bibliophiles and tourists have perused outdoor book stacks before heading to one of the surrounding cafes in the heart of the Latin Quarter.
But in a blow to the left bank neighborhood, the iconic store shuttered its doors this spring. Teacher Pascale Nédélec says Gibert Jeune meant something to generations of students. When I was a kid, I came here every year at the beginning of the school year to get my textbooks, she says. So I remember that time and think it s sad. Because this is the Quartier Latin and it s supposed to be a place where you have those old movie theaters and all those bookstores.
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