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ers from all over Germany, as
well as tourists from far-flung
places. They are Jewish and non-
Jewish.
Maxim Beller, a young Jewish
novelist living in Munich, is reg-
ular customer. So is Patrick
Susskin, author of Perfume, a
best seller in Europe.
The clientele also includes
many booklovers from abroad
who know of the store's extensive
collection and order by using the
catalogue. "We have customers
from America, England, South
America, France, Spain, italy,
Poland," Ms. Lang enumerates.
Besides its main function as a
bookstore, Literatur Handlung
has become a focus for Jewish
cultural events in Munich. It has
sponsored a number of readings
by prominent Jewish writers.
Last year, for example, the
bookstore sponsored a reading by
Susan Sontag read from her re-
cent novel, The Volcano. Israeli
author Amos Oz also did a read-
ing here. Cartoonist Art Spiegel-
man was a featured author.
There are frequent lectures on
varied subjects throughout the
year.
But even when there; s no a
special program, a visit to the
bookstore can be an interesting
experience for the Jewish travel-
er. It offers a chance to see an ex-
tensive collection of Jewish books
in what for many is a surprising
setting, a German city. It's also
the chance to meet other
browsers and booklovers, both lo-
cals and tourists.
On the day I visited, Charles
Klein was eagerly looking at the
books in the philosophy section.
A student in Catholic theology at
Ludwig Maximilian university,
he's been a regular customer fro
two years. He stops in every week
and was browsing with a friend
on the day I met him.
"I want to look at our roots,"
said Mr. Klein, who is Catholic
and is especially interested in
Jewish philosophers such as Mar-
tin Buber. "I also like Jewish po-
etry and liturgical books."
Besides all this, he often picks
up a cassette while he's here be-
cause he enjoys Jewish music, or
he buys the weekly German-Jew-
ish newspaper also on sale here.
For him — just as for many
tourists — the bookstore is a fa-
vorite place to visit.
"It has a very special atmos-
phere," he said. "I really enjoy
coming here." ❑
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