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A cabinet of curiosities, a time machine, a treasure trove - we love bookshops because they possess a unique kind of magic. In Browse Henry Hitchings asks fifteen writers from around the world to reveal their favourite bookshops, each conjuring a specific time and place. Ali Smith chronicles the secrets and personal stories hidden within the pages of secondhand books; Alaa Al Aswany tells of the Cairo bookshop where revolutionaries gathered during the 2011 uprisings; Elif Shafak evokes the bookstores of Istanbul, their chaos and diversity, their aroma of tobacco and coffee. Yvonne Adhiambo Owuor recalls the quandary of choosing just one book at a favourite childhood store in Nairobi, while Iain Sinclair shares his grief on witnessing a beloved old haunt close down. Others explore bookshops they have stumbled upon, adored and become addicted to, from Delhi to Bogota. These inquisitive, enchanting pieces are a collective celebration of bookshops - for anyone who has ever fallen under their spell. Contributors include: Alaa Al Aswany (Egypt) Stefano Benni (Italy) Michael Dirda (USA) Daniel Kehlmann (Germany) Andrey Kurkov (Ukraine) Yiyun Li (China) Pankaj Mishra (India) Dorthe Nors (Denmark) Yvonne Adhiambo Owuor (Kenya) Elif Shafak (Turkey) Ian Sansom (UK) Iain Sinclair (UK) Ali Smith (UK) Sasa Stanisic (Germany/Bosnia) Juan Gabriel Vasquez (Colombia). NOTA: El libro no está en español, sino en inglés.

Ali Smith is an award-winning novelist and short story writer. Her novels include The Accidental, There but for the and, most recently, How to Be Both, winner of the 2014 Costa Novel Award. She was born in Scotland and now lives in Cambridge.

Yiyun Li (b. 1972) is a prize-winning short story writer and novelist. Named by Granta as one of the 21 Best Young American Novelists in 2007, her work has won her the Frank O'Connor International Short Story Award, The PEN/Hemingway Award and the California Book Award. She lives and teaches in California.

Dorthe Nors is one of Denmark's most distinctive contemporary writers and the first Danish author to be published in The New Yorker. Her work has appeared in numerous international publications including Harper's, The Guardian, the BBC and more. Nors is the author of several acclaimed books including Karate Chop (winner of the P.O. Enquist Literary Prize), Minna Needs Rehearsal Space, Mirror, Shoulder, Signal-shortlisted for the Man Booker International Prize-and Wild Swims, all published in English by Pushkin Press. Her recent nonfiction A Line in the World: A Year on the North Sea Coast was shortlisted for the Wainwright Prize for nature writing. Born in rural Jutland, she now lives by the North Sea coast.

The award-winning novelist Saša Stanišic was born in Visegrad, in Bosnia-Herzegovina, in 1978 and has lived in Germany since 1992. His debut novel How the Soldier Repairs the Gramophone was acclaimed by readers and critics alike, and has been translated into 30 languages so far. Before the Feast, his second novel, won the 2014 Leipzig Book Fair Prize, was longlisted for the German Book Prize, and won the Alfred-Döblin and Hohenemser literary prizes.