In Libreria
Sinossi
Helene, scrittrice americana con pochi quattrini e una bruciante attrazione per i classici inglesi del Settecento, scrive alla libreria antiquaria londinese Marks & Co., al numero 84 di Charing Cross Road, per richiedere dei libri. Le risponde il compito e scrupoloso libraio Frank Doel, e da quel giorno del 1949 le loro lettere attraverseranno l'Atlantico per vent'anni. I due corrispondenti non s'incontreranno mai, ma scrivendosi riusciranno a condividere passioni di lettura, passaggi di storia ed esperienze di vita in mondi diversi. L'iniziale rapporto commerciale, infatti, muterà col tempo in un sempre più saldo sentimento di schietta amicizia e solidarietà che coinvolgerà anche la famiglia di Doel, rivelandoci in pagine vivaci e intense le indimenticabili metamorfosi che operano le lettere e i libri. Da questo romanzo epistolare di Helene Hanff - edito per la prima volta in italiano nel 1987 (Archinto) e qui proposto in una nuova traduzione - è stato tratto l'omonimo film con Anne Bancroft e Anthony Hopkins.
- ISBN: 128087404X
- Casa Editrice: Bordo Libero
- Pagine: 112
- Data di uscita: 28-07-2023
Recensioni
When I was last in London, I dropped by 84, Charring Cross Road. Guess what it is now? McDonald's! Put that on as one of life's major disappointments! 84, Charing Cross Road is a book which contains selected correspondence between a New York book lover in New York City (Helene Hanff) and a used bookse Leggi tutto
After hearing about this book for years, I finally stumbled upon a $2 ex-libris copy earlier this week at a used book sale. And without pausing I bought it. How appropriate! It consists of the correspondence, from the late 1940s until the late 1960s, between New York writer and bibliophile Helene Ha Leggi tutto
A love letter to letters and books I do love second-hand books that open to the page some previous owner read oftenest. The day Hazlitt came he opened to 'I hate to read new books,' and I hollered 'Comrade!' to whoever owned it before me. 84, Charing Cross Road is a sheer delight for lovers of boo
فلتحيا العلاقات السطحية الف مرةفليعيش الغريب الذي يسبر اغوراك من نظرةالمجد للبعيد الذي يقرأ اسرارك من بين حروف تخطها أصابعك فليديم الله علينا ونس الغرباءكم مرة استمتعت بتلقى خطاب بخط اليد؟ عبَر البحار ليفاجئك بحروف حملت من روح صاحبهاَ الكثير انا كنت من القدامي المحظوظين بتلقى مئات الخطابات من غرباء! Leggi tutto
It’s about time I finally cracked this charming little book open. I’ve had it sitting on the nightstand for nearly a decade. A tribute to bookstores, booklovers, and England, this epistolary novel delivered exactly what I expected it to! If Goodreads hadn’t already confirmed what I suspected, namely Leggi tutto
I often jump straight to the down and dirty of a book, but please allow me to shake things up by presenting the lithe and lovely. - 84, Charing Cross Road is an absolutely delightful epistolary memoir made up of letters exchanged between NYC-based author Helene Hanff and an antiquarian bookseller in Leggi tutto
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