JAVS Spring 1994

THE SEVEN STAIRS

by Stuart Brent Editor's note: Thefollowing excerpt was takenfrom a book (Simon & Schuster, 1962) that bears the same nameasa bookshop in Chicago ownedby the author. It was submittedto JAVS with the author's permission byfellow Chicagoan and AVS member Bill Schoen. Saul Bellow calls Stuart Brent 'the Orpheus ofChicago booksellers, ready to challenge hell itselfto bringa beautifulbook back to Chicago and the light ofits reading lamps. "