I Flew To Paris Just To Buy Books - A Book Haul
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 23 ก.ค. 2024
- A catch-up video and some of the books I've been gathering during my trip to Paris.
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I honestly love how similar and plain those books look.
As a French person, we hate it here lol
@@user-lb1ms9yb2td'où ??? On adore, c'est littéralement une spécificité des bouquins français
@@user-lb1ms9yb2t c'est TRÈS apprécié, les livres neutres comme les éditions Grasset ou Gallimard sont TRÈS chers et c'est pas pour rien !
C'est les éditions poches avec couverture photo-stock qui me donne envie de m'énucléer plutôt
@@somniaque C'est très apprécié et très critiqué également, on salue l'effort de vouloir mettre tous les livres sur le même banc avec ce style épuré mais d'un autre on ne peut pas s'empêcher de comparer avec nos voisins anglophones qui ont de très belles couvertures pensées exprès pour leur livre, des petites oeuvres d'arts qui aident, avant même de choisir le livre, à avoir un aperçu de son univers. C'est vrai que beaucoup de gens apprécient, mais il faut être objectif et se rendre compte que c'est quand même une manière de faire qui est vivement critiquée dans le monde de l'édition.
Agreed. It’s also why I love the Fitzcarraldo Editions. The covers look so elegant and allows the text to speak for itself.
Lesson learned dress like Professor when you buy books next time
Now I know why People call me that. I have the same bag.
Going to Paris to buy books. Such a dream! I look forward to your recorded explorations. :)
That's called dedication Robin. You've chosen the right destination.
Camus, Sartre, Beauvoir, Weil 💙
"L'enfer, c'est Sartre."
Signé : les autres
Sartre*
@@ayaelbarazi7818, fixed 🙂
ah yes pretentious pedophiles that found it important to fight for the lowering of the age of consent , it can't get more enlightened :D
the vibes in this video are SO joyous
What a great book haul :) I live near the french border and i am fluent in french so i often go to France and buy books :) Now i can't wait my next visit to France!
Congratulations on the lovely book haul. Thank you for the video!
0:50 the way i instantly recognize that stand 😂pass in front of it every day
Je suis trop contente de tes découvertes, ta passion pour la littérature et le français est très inspirante ! Les librairies à Paris sont magnifiques et j'adore les quais pour les bouquins ❤
Love that Ulysses edition. I’ve been getting into James Joyce recently. I finished Dubliners last week and I’m a chapter into portrait and I’m loving it.
I am loving your energy Robin! Reminds me of our mad days on the street
Those books made of paper of good quality, and Gallimard is just the most prestigious publisher In France, They also have a collectors' version of selected authors called Pléiade, authors both French and foreign, such as Camus, Mondiano, Hemingway, all with old school binding and their signature font. Or, the Soleil edition, cloth cover and "reliure'" binding, but they're kinda hard to find right now.
Hey buddy! Great excursion. Just wanted to say that I hope you're safe out there as Paris is in a bit of an upheaval at the moment. I suggest for your next travels abroad to two places in Wales, England - Hay on Wye in Wales, and Gladstone Library in Hawarden, North Wales. They are both a literary paradise.
Stay safe, Robin. Love ya! Keep up the good work.
:)
Ohhhhhh I remember going to Paris a few years back. Only bought poetry books at a comic book of The Stranger. Really good place.
You need to come to Lyon now !
We have great libraries here and you'll love the beauty of the city !
People are also way nicer than in Paris haha
Going to Paris to buy books . . . Awesome!!!! Le dumagu is now on my bucket list so thanks.
Living the dream Robin!!!
Going to Paris next week!
Cool decoration books! :D
Je suis trop contente que tu sois à Paris!! Et en plus tu es dans mon quartier🌺
love your content !!
I want to go to a bookshop in Korea and do the same thing. I have a few books in Korean, but being in a Korean bookstore would be awesome.
Bit of a rough time for moving to France fine sir
I don’t know the full story of what’s happening (discussions about it seem to be very complicated and you fall on one of two extreme ends of a spectrum) but I hope everyone in France is doing well and is safe 👍
For real! I hope he's far from the insanity going on. Freaking savages.
The media make it seem so much worse than it truly is
For random people like you and I, riots just mean you wake up and like 3 downtown stores have a broken glass window, it's not stopping us from living our normal life.
The really shocking thing is knowing that the police killed a 17 year old kid.
Hey Robin!
I love your videos and I'd just like to share that I too am on a vacation to France, and came across a bookshop ran by an ex professor in Philosophy (David Aiken) and bought some books, Camus, Kierkegaard and one about the Presocratics, ''as a gift'' he said, because I'll study philosophy next year.
Just a funny little thing, I thought.
Oh yeah, my name is Vic as well, like your crew member at 1:50 :)
Kind regards !👋
That's a dream! Not Paris but definitely somewhere.😮❤😊
It is so funny that your friend keep on saying for decoration!! Wow, it is so wonderful you can read French!! I would love to be able read French poetry!
you should make a video about Paris bookstore...I went once in Paris, with "Paris Litteraires", book I recommend if you can read in french, a lot of little stories about famous writer, their address...the book is from Francois Busnel, a book about all the bookstore in Paris, and I spend the week visiting the differents bookstore ( L'écume des pages is a must) ...and discover a lot of little neighborhood in Paris I wouldn't without this book
I ship stuff home. I pack light because I hate carrying things. Go to the post office and pack em up and ship em home.
'So, for decoration' hahaha
Looks great. Have you ever read bonjour tristesse by Francois Sagan ?
Si la littérature française t'intéresse (et je crois que c'est le cas), alors je te recommande grandement le roman de Leila Slimani, "Chanson douce".
Bro’s living the life
Robin, are you also interested in Sartre's literary work? I'm talking about works like the Age of Reason (from his famous trilogy), his short stories, plays and novels?
So so impressive that you're going to attempt Ulysses in a second language 🙌 keep living the dream Robin!
Mate, I'm glad i studied english, having the pleasure of understanding your videos. It is a flower in a vast and dry desert of pure ignorance.
I love hardcover books
So jealous!😂
I want that card coz I waited so much for your video 😢
If I were in Paris, I would try to spend a whole day in Shakespeare and Company, weather permitting.
Does the Left Bank still have book stalls?
I hated bookshopping in Paris, the offer is great but everything is sooo expensive
For a higher CTR, if that's something you want to optimize for, I would change the title to "Why I Flew to Paris to Buy Books" and also cut the "A book haul" thing.
Thanks man! Noted.
what's CTR?
Things we do for books. #bibliophilia
When will Michel Houellebecq's aneantir be released in ENGLISH?!!!
Looking forward to walking around Paris with you!
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Hi, Robin. I love your posts, but I haven't seen too many lately for some reason. Please refresh my memory. Are you in college or graduate school? You mentioned studying French. What are your majors? Are you an Australian citizen, or do you just go to school there? I am very impressed by your breadth of interests. I look forward to your reply. Regards from an old retired organic chemist who is interested in many things.
Hi Anthony! I’m currently completing my honours year in Literature before a PhD. My schedule’s a bit crammed at the moment but new videos are on their way in video essay forms (they’re longer and more thoroughly researched so that’s why I haven’t been posting consistently). And yes I’ve been an Australian ever since I moved to Melbourne when I was 12. :)
@@RCWaldun Congratulations on your academic success. I think you will love working on a Ph.D. I earned a Ph.D. in Organic Chemistry (Purdue University) many years ago. My graduate school years were some of the best years of my life.
absolutely insufferable. loved it
NO Robin! NO! You may NOT get "sick" of Ulysses. That's where I draw the line. How dare you! That's Saint J Joyce you"re talking about! (just kidding.)
love, Bra.
Ok you’re my crush🙃💕
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Thank goodness. I was giving up hope on TH-cam. You have restored my faith that there are actually some intelligent people making videos that don’t just pander to the lowest common denominator. Thank you. And enjoy your trip.
Robin, your accent is American yet you're Melbourne based. Interesting. However, why buy books for decoration? And did you visit Wilde's grave for inspiration? Simone de Beauvoir didn't know her classmate Simone Weil yet became Nelson Algren's lover, quite ironic
n'est ce pas?
I'm so jealous
Love your videos. But the audio is really low. Pls do something abt it. Thanks!❤
I thought it was just me! I've got my earbuds in and it's still very low.
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I hate Paris but I love French literature. I bought books in Milan and Venice instead.
Why you hate Paris?
@@depotemkin dirty, stinky, people smoke everywhere I had sinus everyday. I enjoyed Paris when cruising around Seine. I left Paris one day before the riots.
Meanwhile Amsterdam, Milan and Venice the vibes are differrent.
Дякую за це відео!
Дуже цікаво!
Привіт з України!
MrBeast?? 🧐
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Unpopular opinion: Sartre’s Nausea is so much better than anything Camus has ever cooked up
some opinions are unpopular for a very good reason
"Well, Camus can do, but Sartre is smartre!"
Second, love from India 🇮🇳🙏🚩💓
How are the "protesters"?
They're having a grand time. The poor people living in the places they're destroying, not so much.
it will never compare to the institutionalized torture programs, mass colonial prostitution and raping, the extraction of natural resources for french capitalist development, the exploitation, the destruction, the barbarism, and unadulterated atrocities committed by france.
@@user-2210rhAll of which were orchestrated by the working class?
@@Yesica1993 the poor would get poorer if they didn't protest the way they do ^-^
The Gallimard editions, including Sartre's one, are very good one, most are also available as a Pléiade édition, owned by Gallimard, with sheep's leather cover, bible paper and gold, they are great books but too pricey to write in them... en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biblioth%C3%A8que_de_la_Pl%C3%A9iade
I loooove strolling by the Seine. Those little bookstalls are one of the best things ever. 🥹
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I’m old. What does based mean? About three of you have it in the comments so far 😂
@@ocin7917thought I was the only one wondering what the word means in this context
@@ocin7917i’m bad at explained but based just means cool or something like it in my eyes.
an example sentence: “you got 8 book in paris? based”