He aquí una novela curiosa, emotiva, sorprendente...de la que no esperaba gran cosa pero que me ha dado mucho a cambio. La librería ambulante es claramente un libro de libros, donde los amantes de la literatura verán mencionados un sinfín de autores y novelas y podrán sacar a relucir ese "librero" q...
In the early years of the twentieth century, a woman who is bored playing housewife to her literary brother purchases Parnassus from a wandering book salesman. Parnassus is "a caravan of culture," a traveling book treasure trove designed to bring books to the masses in more rural and outlying areas....
So the plot isn't really a plot, but on those rants on books make this a book worth reading. Unless you're German. You might want to skip it, if you're German. But oh those rants. Forget the plot read the rants. The love prose to books, good old smelly books.
http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/5311Dedication: To H.B.F. and H.F.M."Trusty, dusky, vivid, true"Opening: I wonder if there isn't a lot of bunkum in higher education? I never found that people who were learned in logarithms and other kinds of poetry were any quicker in washing dishes or darning socks...
Well-loved books from my pastRating: 3.5* of fiveAllegedly a spy story-cum-mystery, it's really a love note from author Morley to the trade of bookselling, with a side of supremely sweet love story.And I can't help myself, I am charmed and beguiled by the book, by the memories it holds, and by the s...
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