Narrative

This is exactly the sort of shop, and the sort of materials, that require further attention. What will happen to these materials when the owner decides to move on? Clearly, such a business will struggle for profitability when the print industry is in decline and other print or online options are more attractive to many consumers. Besides the nostalgia some associate with print, it is worth noting that much of the more ephemeral or less-respected print of the past five centuries that now seems so valuable has disappeared due to neglect. Such is no doubt already the case in Slovakia, as elsewhere. This little corner of the book market deserves another look by those concerned about the memory, if not the outright preservation, of twentieth-century book culture in Slovakia.