おはようございます。KANOです。今回はこちらの記事から。
作家や編集者のお気に入り書店紹介。
地方はめっきり本屋減って、もうチェーンしか見当たらないですね。まあ…Kindle派なので何も言えないw
dedicated
意味 〈建物· 道路などが〉＜…に＞ 専用の, 専門の ＜to＞.
There are a couple of uncomfortable-looking couches sitting in the shop’s front section, next to the children’s books, as well as a whole bookcase dedicated to books about New York City, and two shelves dedicated to New Yorker magazine writers: Joseph Mitchell; Lillian Ross; A. J. Liebling; James Thurber; Ved Mehta; E. J. Kahn, Jr.; George W. S. Trow, etc. —Eric Lach
https://www.newyorker.com/books/page-turner/new-yorker-writers-and-editors-favorite-bookstores-in-new-york-city
vestige
意味 (かたく) 跡, 形跡, 痕跡; （状態· 慣習などの） 名残, 面影; 残存物
Is it a bookstore or a vibe? Bookmarc, situated in a corner storefront opposite Magnolia Bakery, is both. Opened in 2010, the style-conscious shop is the last vestige of Marc Jacobs’s once-sprawling Bleecker Street retail empire.
https://www.newyorker.com/books/page-turner/new-yorker-writers-and-editors-favorite-bookstores-in-new-york-city
tongue-in-cheek
意味 (ややくだけて) ふざけた, 皮肉な〈言及· しぐさなど〉.
With its brightly colored mural, tongue-in-cheek genre categories, and handwritten recommendations, Books Are Magic will charm those for whom reading is a pastime, an aesthetic, and a life style.
https://www.newyorker.com/books/page-turner/new-yorker-writers-and-editors-favorite-bookstores-in-new-york-city
これ、どういうイメージなんだろ。口閉じたままあっかんべーしてる感じ…？わからんw
periodical
意味 [C]定期刊行物, (学術) 雑誌 （日刊以外のもの）
A survivor from a different era of New York, the shop (there are two locations, but make the effort to go to the one in Chelsea) specializes in self-published zines, artists’ books, quirky periodicals, anything involving text on paper.
https://www.newyorker.com/books/page-turner/new-yorker-writers-and-editors-favorite-bookstores-in-new-york-city
この記事でよく出る「zines」って言い方、すごく好き！
outpost
意味 ［Ｃ］ (海外) 出張所 (僻地にある小さなもの); （文明の） 砦.
There are all kinds of interesting and welcoming small and smallish bookstores in my neighborhood—from Book Culture on West 112th to the Strand’s uptown outpost and much in between—but I have to give props to, yes, Barnes & Noble on Broadway and Eighty-second: their size, which doesn’t come cheap, insures that they have plenty to offer; they are kind to everyone, kids especially; and the new redesign is elegant and welcoming. —David Remnick
https://www.newyorker.com/books/page-turner/new-yorker-writers-and-editors-favorite-bookstores-in-new-york-city
