SGTT: Ca'c hie^.u sa'ch cu~ o+? Ha` No^.i

[Dam Son <son@fermi.phys.washington.edu>]

Theo Sa`i Go`n tie^'p thi., 15/2/97


Ha` No^.i: sa'ch cu~ "dda'ng ma(.t"

Ha` No^.i co' nhie^`u cu+?a ha`ng sa'ch cu~. Hie^.n nay sa'ch cu~ cu~ng
ddo^ng kha'ch kho^ng ke'm gi` hie^.u sa'ch mo+'i. Dde^'n hie^.u sa'ch cu~
chi? ca^`n ho?i cuo^'n mi`nh ca^`n la` chu? hie^.u sa'ch cho bie^'t ngay
co' hay kho^ng. Tie^'t kie^.m tho+`i gian, ddo+~ pha?i lu.c lo.i. O+? 
hie^.u sa'ch cu~ co' nhie^`u cuo^'n sa'ch gia' re? ba^'t ngo+` nhu+ng
cu~ng co' nhu+~ng cuo^'n cu~ ky~ mo^'c meo, ma` gia' dda('t kinh ho^`n. 
Ba^y gio+` tho+` buo^?i kinh te^' thi. tru+o+`ng, ca'c cu+?a ha`ng sa'ch
cu~ vo^'n no^?i tie^'ng nhu+ o^ng N.Q o+? pho^' Ba` Trie^.u, o^ng V.T o+? 
pho^' Nguye^~n Hu+~u Hua^n cu~ng de.p ddi dde^? kinh doanh va`o vie^.c
kha'c. Chi? co' nhu+~ng hie^.u sa'ch co' "lu+.c" mo+'i to^`n ta.i ddu+o+.c
va` ca? 5 hie^.u sa'ch lo+'n hie^.n nay o+? Thu? ddo^ dde^`u ta^.p trung
o+? hai pho^' Tra`ng Tie^`n va` Hai Ba` Tru+ng. Sa'ch ddu? loa.i, ha`ng
va.n, ha`ng chu.c va.n quye^?n. Nhu+ng ti`m sa'ch ca^`n du`ng kho^ng pha?i
de^~ da`ng. Pha?i ddi he^'t ca'c ke^., ca'c qua^`y, pha?i do` ho?i, pha?i
mo` ma^~m co^ng phu la('m mo+'i ti`m ra. Nhie^`u khi kha'ch pha?i dde^? 
ye^u ca^`u va` ddi.a chi? cu?a mi`nh la.i, cho+` chu? hie^.u tra? lo+`i
sau. Nho+` the^', nhie^`u tu+ lie^.u quy' hie^'m dda~ ddu+o+.c ti`m
tha^'y. Ne^'u kho^ng, ngu+o+`i ddi ti`m sa'ch kha'c na`o la.c va`o ru+`ng
ra^.m. 

Ha` No^.i co`n mo^.t hie^.u sa'ch "ra^'t dda'ng ma(.t" nu+~a o+? so^' 5
pho^' Ba't Dda`n. Hie^.u sa'ch cu~ na`y tru+o+'c kia la` ta^`ng tre^.t,
nay dda~ pha't trie^?n le^n ta^`ng 2, ta^`ng 3. Chu? nha^n cu?a hie^.u
sa'ch la` o^ng Phan Tra'c Ca?nh. O^ng ve^` hu+u sau khi ro+`i khoa qua?n
ly' va(n su+? cu?a tru+o+`ng DdH Nha^n va(n quo^'c gia.

Tu+` khi ve^` hu+u o^ng la`m vie^.c 12 tie^'ng mo^.t nga`y. O^ng bo? ra^'t
nhie^`u co^ng su+'c pha^n loa.i sa'ch, lu+u tru+~ ca'c loa.i sa'ch va(n
ho'a, li.ch su+?, va` mo^.t pha^`n sa'ch kinh te^' trong tho+`i ky`
chuye^?n ddo^?i. Sa'ch li.ch su+? o^ng co' ha^`u he^'t ca'c ta'c pha^?m
cu?a "La^m, Le^, Ta^'n, Vu+o+.ng." Tu+'c la`: Ha` Va(n Ta^'n, Ddinh Xua^n
La^m, Phan Huy Le^, Tra^`n Quo^'c Vu+o+.ng. Tre^n gia' co`n co' ddu? bo^. 
cu?a ca'c ta'c gia? Tra^`n Huy Lie^.u, Tra^`n Va(n Gia`u, Dda`o Duy Anh. 

Ba'o Phong Ho'a tu+` tho+`i na(m 30-35. Bo^. Tri Ta^n go^`m 200 ta^.p. 
Ca'c loa.i sa'ch ve^` phong tu.c ne^'p so^'ng, dda.o ddu+'c, sinh hoa.t
cu?a ddo^`ng ba`o Cha(m, Mo^ng, Dao, Nu`ng, Ta`y... ca'c quye^?n sa'ch
xua^'t ba?n tu+` na(m 1866-1896 cu?a ta'c gia? ngu+o+`i Pha'p, sa'ch va(n
ho'a, da^n to^.c, ngo^n ngu+~, vie^'t ba(`ng chu+~ ha'n no^m, sa'ch Dda.i
Nam Thu+.c Lu.c Chi'nh bie^n go^`m 38 quye^?n, va` nhie^`u sa'ch cu~ quy'
hie^'m dde^`u co' hy vo.ng ti`m tha^'y trong hie^.u sa'ch cu~ cu?a o^ng
Ca?nh. 

Ta.i dda^y, to^i ddu+o+.c ga(.p tha^'y Nguye^~n Lu+.c, ca'n bo^. gia?ng
da.y tru+o+`ng DdH To^?ng ho+.p, nay dda~ nghi? hu+u, o^ng ddu+a mo^.t
sinh vie^n ngu+o+`i Nha^.t te^n la` Kobayashi (te^n Vie^.t Nam cu?a anh
la` Cu+o+`ng) ddi ti`m sa'ch. Kobayashi vui ve? ke^? ra(`ng ca'i te^n
Cu+o+`ng la` do ba` chu? kha'ch sa.n ma` anh tro. ho.c o+? pho^' Ha`ng
Lu+o+.c dda(.t cho. Anh ho.c o+? Vie^.t Nam trong 3 tha'ng, khoa tie^'ng
Vie^.t, ngo^n ngu+~ trie^'t ho.c. O+? Nha^.t anh ho.c DdH Nanjan, ti?nh
Aichi. 

- Vi` sao sang Vie^.t Nam anh la.i ti`m dde^'n hie^.u sa'ch cu~, ma`
kho^ng dde^'n ca'c hie^.u sa'ch mo+'i? To^i ho?i.

Kobayashi dda'p:

- To^i ca^`n nhu+~ng quye^?n sa'ch ma` o+? hie^.u sa'ch mo+'i kho^ng co'. 

- Anh dda~ ra hie^.u sa'ch mo+'i chu+a?

- Ro^`i. Nhu+ng ma` kho^ng co', dde^'n dda^y mo+'i ti`m ddu+o+.c.

Thi` ra hie^.u sa'ch cu~ cu~ng co`n co' y' nghi~a la('m. No' la` cho^~
du+.a dda'ng tin ca^.y cho nhie^`u sinh vie^n, va(n nghe^. si~, va` ca'c
ho.c gia?. 

O^ng Phan Tra'c Ca?nh cho bie^'t: kha'ch sinh vie^n ra^'t ddo^ng. Sinh
vie^n Anh, Ddu+'c, Ha`n Quo^'c, Vie^.t Nam, Trung Quo^'c, My~, ho. dde^'n
dda^y mua ddu+o+.c sa'ch va` ma'ch nhau, ne^n hie^.u sa'ch cu?a o^ng kha'
dda('t ha`ng.

Bo+?i va^.y o^ng pha?i la`m vie^.c 12 tie^'ng mo^.t nga`y dde^? dda'p
u+'ng nhu ca^`u cu?a nhu+~ng ngu+o+`i hie^'u ho.c.

                                                    Hoa`ng Vie^.t Ha(`ng.