前两天去太古里的“方所”，看见一个标语说“世界最美的书店”——好像是一本书的名字，并没在意。刚才看到，读书日那天Architectural Digest杂志发布了14家世界最美书店，其中真有方所： 

Fang Suo Commune, Chengdu, China

Architect ChuChih-Kang took inspiration from the life of a Tang Dynasty Buddhist monk andscholar when creating the concept for the new Fang Suo Commune location in Chengdu. Designed as aknowledge depository, the subterranean space features a variety of naturalmaterials, such as concrete, copper, iron, and sycamore, which are combined tocreate dramatic, almost Brutalist interiors.

Chu Chih-Kang即台湾设计师朱志康；在洞穴里读书，隔绝了洞外的繁华喧嚣，也许能令人体验一会儿唐代僧侣和文人“幽栖”生态。

那14家店是

Boekhandel Selexyz Dominicanen, Maastricht,The Netherlands

Saraiva, Rio de Janeiro

Cook & Book, Brussels

Fang Suo Commune, Chengdu, China

Livraria Cultura, Sāo Paulo

Shakespeare and Co., Paris

Livraria Lello, Porto, Portugal

Atlantis Books, Santorini, Greece

Librairie La Fontaine, Lausanne,Switzerland

Daikanyama T-Site, Tokyo

The Last Bookstore, Los Angeles

Cafebrería El Péndulo, Mexico City

Assouline, London

El Ateneo Grand Splendid, Buenos Aires, Argentina

 我最喜欢的是，从巴黎的沙翁书店偷一本书（别被逮住）到希腊圣托里尼岛上面朝大海的Atlantis书坊去读——说到“偷书”，George Orwell回忆他曾在一家旧书店打工，书店兼营租书，因为不要押金（叫‘twopenny no-deposit’ library），所以深得偷书人的喜爱，他们花两分钱“租”一本书，然后把标签撕了，到其他书店去卖一块钱。不过，书店老板宁愿让人偷几本走，也不想因为押金而把读者吓跑了。（How the book thieves must lovethose libraries! It is the easiest crime in the world to borrow a book at oneshop for twopence, remove the label and sell it at another shop for a shilling.Nevertheless booksellers generally find that it pays them better to have acertain number of books stolen (we used to lose about a dozen a month) than tofrighten customers away by demanding a deposit.）

书店会不会像Atlantis一样消失呢？