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Leipziger Buchmesse in Zahlen Leipzig Book Fair in figures

Leipziger Buchmesse in Zahlen Leipzig Book Fair in figures

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The City of <strong>Leipzig</strong><br />

Thomaskirche /<br />

St. Thomas church<br />

<strong>Leipzig</strong> illum<strong>in</strong>ates<br />

28/29<br />

<strong>Leipzig</strong> has the ideal dimensions for me. The people are extremely open<br />

and friendly and really make you feel at home. BLEXBOLEX<br />

When newly-m<strong>in</strong>ted <strong><strong>Leipzig</strong>er</strong>s like the Frenchman Bernard Granger,<br />

who has moved here from Paris via Berl<strong>in</strong> and, under his pseudonym of<br />

Blexbolex, is a shoot<strong>in</strong>g star <strong>in</strong> the <strong>in</strong>ternational Illustrators scene, speak<br />

of their new home, they tend to rhapsodise very quickly. They are <strong>in</strong>fected<br />

by the lightness of the <strong>Leipzig</strong> attitude. So much so <strong>in</strong>deed, that they no<br />

longer want to leave.<br />

It’s very easy to understand these people. The city has changed at a<br />

breathtak<strong>in</strong>g pace s<strong>in</strong>ce the Monday demonstrators paraded here <strong>in</strong> the<br />

autumn of 1989. The old beauty of the city has been restored and dead<br />

rivers brought to light aga<strong>in</strong> where once they were entombed <strong>in</strong> subterra-

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