frankie Posted April 29, 2013 Share Posted April 29, 2013 I came across this title on Goodreads, one of my friends on there had read it, and the title obviously caught my attention. This is the English cover of the book: And here's the book description from Amazon: * One morning a librarian finds a reader who has been locked in overnight. She starts to talk to him, a one-way conversation that soon gathers pace as an outpouring of frustrations, observations and anguishes. Two things shine through: her shy, unrequited passion for a quiet researcher named Martin, and an ardent and absolute love of books. A delightful flight of fancy for the lonely bookworm in all of us... * This is definitely going on my wishlist And I thought such a book might interest a few members on here, too... Has anyone read it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chrissy Posted April 29, 2013 Share Posted April 29, 2013 I haven't, but it is absolutely now on my wish list too! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Janet Posted April 29, 2013 Share Posted April 29, 2013 It sounds lovely, but £6.90 for just 96 pages seems a bit pricey to me. It's in our library catalogue but they only have two copies and three reservations at the moment! I think I might wait for the paperback. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frankie Posted April 29, 2013 Author Share Posted April 29, 2013 (edited) Yep, it's a surprisingly short novel, if you can even call it a novel. You could get a 'normal' length novel for that money At least the other patrons of the library are able to read it quickly because of it's shortness so maybe you could get it sooner than you expected I don't know if it's been translated into Finnish and I just don't think they would acquire something like this in English for the library... But it sounds so wonderful I might just have to buy it some day! (Or maybe use my worker's pull and make a library acquire a copy if I should ever get a job at one... ) Edit: Janet, it's a French original so I think part of the price might to go the translating process...? (in case you didn't notice. I don't think it's obvious from the blurb or the book cover, or my introduction) Edited April 29, 2013 by frankie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Janet Posted April 29, 2013 Share Posted April 29, 2013 .Edit: Janet, it's a French original so I think part of the price might to go the translating process...? (in case you didn't notice. I don't think it's obvious from the blurb or the book cover, or my introduction) Ah, no, I didn't know it was a translation. I guess that explains why then. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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