For this market Friday, I am going to tell you a bit about the bookshops we visited while we were in Bogotá.
As I've gotten older, I admit that I don't like shopping so much anymore, but going to look in bookshops is something I love and enjoy a lot. And unfortunately, in Caracas, there are very few bookshops left that are worth spending some time in. But this is not the case in the Colombian capital, where there are many bookshops. And some of the prices, depending on the publisher, are a real bargain.
Bookstore FCE Gabriel García Márquez Cultural Center
The first one I'm going to mention is the bookshop in the Gabriel García Márquez Cultural Center, which is right in front of the Botero Museum. In this bookshop, you can get all the works of the Colombian writer García Márquez in different presentations at very good prices. And some editions had additional discounts.
My son took the chance to buy a couple of novels by García Márquez to take with him. Crónica de una muerte anunciada and El General en su Laberinto.
Bookstore Tango
Another bookshop we visited was one called Tango. I visited this one with my son the day we went for a walk in the Parque El Virrey. This bookshop is very close to the park on Carrera 15.
We had a good time browsing around, and there were not only books here but also a lot of vinyl records and music CDs.
Bookstore Wilborada
The next bookshop was the one we enjoyed visiting the most although, in the end, we didn't buy any books there. We were planning to go back a few days later for a couple of books that the husband wanted to buy but ended up buying them in another bookshop. But back to the bookshop, it's called Wilborada, and it's in a traditional neighborhood of the city, with lots of restaurants and cafes, called Quinta Camacho.
The bookshop has a comfortable lounge where you can sit and browse through the books.
There is also a small cafe.
And all the rooms of the house in which it is located are pleasant. So we spent some time there browsing through the books.
There was also an area for children's books. And even though, my son is older, I always love to look at child books in the bookshops.
Bookstore FCE Gabriel García Márquez Cultural Center
The last bookshop was called Maria Mercedes Carranza. And it was on Carrera 15 near Calle 106 where we were staying. It was a small bookshop, but whenever we passed by, I noticed that they had many activities. Some readings, an afternoon of book exchanges. And inside, it was very pleasant.
There, the husband bought a couple of comic book novels in their Spanish version, The Three Escapes of Hannah Arendt: A Tyranny of Truth and Soldiers of Salamis.
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That's all for today. Thank you very much for reading!
October 7, 2022