Pleasures of the Chthonic World. The Cafe Osīriss
Jānis Borgs
Every self-respecting city has cafés that serve as gathering-places for intellectuals. It seems the 19th century French Impressionists made a special contribution to developing this kind of thing. In 1869, Eduard Manet discovered the delightful Café Guerbois in the off-beat Batignolles quarter of Paris, and here the followers of the new art movement gathered regularly under the leadership of their patron Emil Zola. Other intellectuals, politicians and bon vivants favoured the elegant Tavern Pousse. Since that day, thousands of similar establishments have grown up practically around the world, where people come not simply to enjoy a coffee or a drink and a snack, but first and foremost to meet their own crowd, develop thoughts and ideas, and stay up to date... Nowadays, that kind of thing has become known in Latvian as a tusiņš.
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