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On February 2001, Lim Brothers Bookstore closed its doors for good, after over 66 years in business. In December 2000, I had asked my friend, writer-photographer Pang, to capture images of my father and the bookshop that he worked in since he was five years old. What you will see here are the highlights from that shoot, and a brief history of a bookshop. next

Lim Brothers Bookstore,
20 Jalan Laksamana, Melaka.

"The only decent bookshop in Malacca."
- writer-poet and orang Melaka Salleh Ben Joned