Every year when she was growing up, Carime Morales’s family would take two days from their winter holidays in Buenos Aires and go shopping for books, largely on Corrientes Avenue, where bookstores, theaters and cafes created a vibrant cultural scene.
But when it came time for Morales to open her own bookstore last year, she didn’t even consider Corrientes. Instead, she opted for Parque Chas, the leafy, residential neighborhood of winding streets where she lives.
And her store, Malatesta, became a hit — part of a boom in neighborhood bookstores, which are multiplying and thriving even through Argentina’s rigorous pandemic lockdown and a yearslong recession that has ravaged publishing and much of the economy....
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