Village Voices: A Memoir of the Village Voice Bookshop, Paris, 1982-2012

Odile Hellier | C. K. Williams

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A celebration of the legacy of the Village Voice bookshop in Paris, founded by Odile Hellier in 1982 -- a hub of social life and a refuge for artists, writers, and anglophone literary life for over three decades until it closed in 2012.

This collective memoir brings to life a literary history of a heady time in Paris, capturing a myriad of voices for whom “literature was not just a pastime but the very stuff of life.”

Village Voices is a collective memoir that brings to life the authors, publishers, and friends who frequented one of the most famous English-Language bookstores in Paris—the Village Voice bookshop. Founded by Odile Hellier in 1982, Village Voice was a hub for artists, writers, and anglophone literary life for over three decades. Told through the voices of artists that were reckoning, preserving, challenging, and archiving the time and languages that they lived in, this carefully curated collection, organized thematically, encapsulates some of the most important reflections and debates of 20th century literary history.