Finally, new bookstores are appearing in Yerevan.
Books are my love and for the last four years I saw bookstores close their doors one after another. The trend was for every bookstore closed another casino appeared in the middle of the city.
In Soviet times books were published in thousands and were very cheap. Every household had a library and ideological books had their major share in it. During dark years of Yerevan many of those were used as fuel.
I don't think there's one single bookstore left in Yerevan that sells only books. The world economy caught up with us, most stores are offering books and other services. One such place, Artbridge, opened its doors last week and is bookstore caf�. The book department has Armenian and second hand and new English books. Got a couple of Armenian books about history: Armenia in VI-VIII centuries by DerGhevontian (1996) and Armenian emblems by Rafael Matevossian (1994). Each book is 500 drams (less than a dollar).
Harlequen Romance readers might find it interesting, I saw the same genre published in Armenian.
The biggest bookstores however are the open streets of Yerevan. Vernisage, underground passage on Apovian and other open markets carry old or new books not found in bookstores. Usually all they have on display are scholastic, dictionaries and computer books but if you place a request and follow your order, in time you can get your hands on many valuable publications. One of my friends got Raffi, first edition!
Books are my love and for the last four years I saw bookstores close their doors one after another. The trend was for every bookstore closed another casino appeared in the middle of the city.
In Soviet times books were published in thousands and were very cheap. Every household had a library and ideological books had their major share in it. During dark years of Yerevan many of those were used as fuel.
I don't think there's one single bookstore left in Yerevan that sells only books. The world economy caught up with us, most stores are offering books and other services. One such place, Artbridge, opened its doors last week and is bookstore caf�. The book department has Armenian and second hand and new English books. Got a couple of Armenian books about history: Armenia in VI-VIII centuries by DerGhevontian (1996) and Armenian emblems by Rafael Matevossian (1994). Each book is 500 drams (less than a dollar).
Harlequen Romance readers might find it interesting, I saw the same genre published in Armenian.
The biggest bookstores however are the open streets of Yerevan. Vernisage, underground passage on Apovian and other open markets carry old or new books not found in bookstores. Usually all they have on display are scholastic, dictionaries and computer books but if you place a request and follow your order, in time you can get your hands on many valuable publications. One of my friends got Raffi, first edition!
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