A moving novel inspired by the true story of an extraordinary bookshop and the man who founded it.
An interweaving of the stories of famous Algerian bookstore founder Edmond Charlot, who played a significant role in the rise of Albert Camus and Gertrude Stein, and the 2017 painter who decorates the shop, his mind exposed to books. A celebration of the position of literature in historical and political tumult.