84, Charing Cross Road

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Paperback, 126 pages

Spanish language

Published April 8, 2003 by Anagrama.

ISBN:
978-84-339-6982-8
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It all began with a letter inquiring about second-hand books, written by Helene Hanff in New York, and posted to a bookshop at 84, Charing Cross Road in London. As Helene's sarcastic and witty letters are responded to by the stodgy and proper bookshop employee Frank Doel, a relationship blossoms into a warm and charming long-distance friendship lasting many years.

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Intercambio epistolar entre la autora, una escritora neoyorquina no muy sobrada de dineros, y un establecimiento londinense de libros de segunda mano. De paso, envía algún regalito en forma de huevos y carne para aliviar las penurias de posguerra.

No me extraña que tuviera tanto éxito, transmite buen rollo desde la primera página: cómo la autora se va ganando la confianza de los ingleses, que tratan de mantener la compostura de la corespondencia comercial, el amor por los libros y la humanidad en torno a ellos.

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