PRODUCT OVERVIEW
- ISBN 9781623654030
- Categories BX, BXOS, extraordinary, F ROM, Fic20, Fiction, H/C, Highlight, Romance
- Author(s) Divry, Sophie
- Publisher Quercus
- Pages 93
- Format Hardcover
- Dimensions 18.7cm x 1.5cm x 13.3cm
- Weight 0.18 kg
product description
The librarian, a single, middle-aged woman, a sharply opinionated and thoughtful bookworm, whose ex-boyfriend left her for another woman, discovers one morning a patron who has been locked in over night.Against her quiet nature, she starts to talk to him, what results is a soliloquy of frustrations, observations, and anguish, covering - with wit, pathos, and passion - history, literature, the Dewey Decimal System, love, and loneliness, as well as revealing her unrequited passion for a quiet student-researcher named Martin, whose studiousness, grace, and "beautiful neck" strikes her.Divry's prose is seamless - never laborious - both funny and poignant. The book's compactness offers an immersive reading experience that touches universal emotional experiences from the perspective of a bookworm.