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A. J. Fikry esercita una professione che ogni lettore appassionato ha immaginato di fare almeno una volta nella vita: il libraio. The Island Books è il suo covo, inserito in un modesto paese che a quanto pare è una piaga per i trasporti che tentano di raggiungerlo (sarà messa meglio io, forse? stupefacente!). E, come si intuisce dal titolo originale, questa è la storia parziale della sua vita dopo la morte della moglie Nicole. Sembrerebbe essere condannato ad una burbera solitudine, ma come già
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5+ stars
Wow, okay I have so many feels I don't even know where to start! Because well, “There ain’t nobody in the world like book people.” And What could be more beautiful than a novel about characters who loves books, bookstores and has a book review at beginning of each chapter? This is diffidently one of my all time favorites. A.J Firky pretty much wrote this review for me when he said :
“ Every word the right one and exactly where it should be. That's basically the highest compliment I can ...more
Wow, okay I have so many feels I don't even know where to start! Because well, “There ain’t nobody in the world like book people.” And What could be more beautiful than a novel about characters who loves books, bookstores and has a book review at beginning of each chapter? This is diffidently one of my all time favorites. A.J Firky pretty much wrote this review for me when he said :
“ Every word the right one and exactly where it should be. That's basically the highest compliment I can ...more

Cranky and a little edgy. Maybe has a Gen-X feel to it. Many recommended short stories are mentioned, encouraging readers of this novel to go out and track down the inspiring works. Author mentions Carver, Dahl, Chekov, Hempel, Wolff, Chopin...
The novel here is bitter, yet sometimes also sappy and gimmicky. A large part of it is a love letter dedicated to small, independent bookstores. We hope that sort of business isn’t dying out.
Oh, and this is neat. I stumbled upon a webpage that lists which ...more
The novel here is bitter, yet sometimes also sappy and gimmicky. A large part of it is a love letter dedicated to small, independent bookstores. We hope that sort of business isn’t dying out.
Oh, and this is neat. I stumbled upon a webpage that lists which ...more

I'm a sucker for books about books, or bookstores, or bookstore owners, so I was looking forward to this one; unfortunately it let me down a bit. It wasn't bad by any means, in fact it was a very cute little book, but there's nothing memorable about it. Fikry doesn't become interesting until about halfway through the book, which doesn't leave much time for the reader to really connect given how short the novel is.
One of my biggest issues with this book though is Lambiase's behaviour near the en ...more
One of my biggest issues with this book though is Lambiase's behaviour near the en ...more

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