El Ateneo is selected as one of the most beautiful bookstores in the world.
The space of El Ateneo that renovated an ex-theater was suitable for a literary city that produced outstanding authors such as Borges, Cortasar, or Puig.
Many books gave a glimpse of Buenos Aires' richness as a cultural background for the authors, but I could not find except one among the five books that I was looking for. When I got discouraged and went out to the street, I found a small bookstore a few buildings away. It had a lot of art books, so I entered and found four books of the rest there. Similarly to Japanese big bookstores, El Ateneo also has a large number of books, but many of them may be the same books.
When the staff at the small bookstore knew that I was Japanese, he talked eagerly about the documentary on Japan that he just saw on TV. The content introduced a lot of withdrawal people, or men who was wearing a brassiere. All of which were one aspect of Japan, but I'm not really happy. However, a bookstore with this kind of communication is fun.
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