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196th out of 373 books
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The Letter Opener
by
Kyo Maclear (Goodreads Author)
When her co-worker Andrei, an enigmatic Romanian refugee who has become the object of her fascination, suddenly vanishes, Naiko, an employee in the Undeliverable Mail Office, searches for clues to explain his disappearance and discovers the elusive nature of truth.
Hardcover, 312 pages
Published
2007
by HarperCollins Canada
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“The Letter Opener” by Kyo Maclear is an ingenious story about Nakiko who works in the Undeliverable Mail Office and her co-worker Andrei, who has gone missing. It’s from the Second World War through the fall of communism and travels from Canada to Romania to Argentina and back as it fleshes out different characters as the story and it’s many layers unfold.
This is a nourishing, compassionate novel that sings in perfect pitch. I h...more
“The Letter Opener” by Kyo Maclear is an ingenious story about Nakiko who works in the Undeliverable Mail Office and her co-worker Andrei, who has gone missing. It’s from the Second World War through the fall of communism and travels from Canada to Romania to Argentina and back as it fleshes out different characters as the story and it’s many layers unfold.
This is a nourishing, compassionate novel that sings in perfect pitch. I h...more
This novel is written from the point of view of Naiko, who works in the Undeliverable Mail Office in Toronto. Naiko's mother is Japanese and her father is Scottish. Her family think that the job is less than what she is capable of, and want more for her. Naiko's boyfriend, Paolo, is from Argentina. Naiko loves her work and feels a sense of accomplishment when she can bring an item together with its intended recipient.
Naiko becomes friends with a new co-worker, Andrei, a refugee from Romania. And...more
Naiko becomes friends with a new co-worker, Andrei, a refugee from Romania. And...more
I loved it. I was so hoping to love it too, and it lived up to my expectations for sure. A really captivating story of several different people, all of them vastly different and strangely likeable. Loved the local references of a Toronto native writer also. A+
While this book was about the inner delving into a person's story, it took a laboring method to get to the point. (if there was one..)
A simple yet complex novel. Beautiful writing style.
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Kyo Maclear is a children’s author, novelist and essayist. She was born in London, England and moved to Toronto at the age of four with her father (a foreign correspondent and documentary filmmaker) and mother (a painter and art dealer).
Kyo is the author of two critically acclaimed children’s books, Spork (2010) and Virginia Wolf (2012), both illustrated by Isabelle Arsenault and published with K...more
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Kyo is the author of two critically acclaimed children’s books, Spork (2010) and Virginia Wolf (2012), both illustrated by Isabelle Arsenault and published with K...more
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