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This internationally bestselling sensation is a 'funny, tender, and moving' (Library Journal, starred review) tale about community, books and second chances set in a world you won't want to leaveA.J. Fikry, the grumpy owner of Island Books, is going through a hard time: his bookshop is failing, he has lost his beloved wife, and his prized possession-a rare first edition book has been stolen. Over time, he has given up on people, and even the books in his store, instead of offering solace, are yet another reminder of a world that is changing too rapidly.But one day A.J. finds two-year-old Maya sitting on the bookshop floor, with a note attached to her asking the owner to look after her. His life - and Maya's - is changed forever.Gabrielle Zevin's enchanting novel is a love letter to the world of books--an irresistible affirmation of why we read, and why we love.Originally published as The Collected Works of A. J. Fikry.'Readers who delighted in Mary Ann Shaffer and Annie Barrows's The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society, Rachel Joyce's The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry, and Jessica Brockmole's Letters from Skye will be equally captivated by this adult novel by a popular YA author about a life of books, redemption, and second chances. Funny, tender, and moving' Library Journal, starred review'This novel has humor, romance, a touch of suspense, but most of all love--love of books and bookish people and, really, all of humanity in its imperfect glory' Eowyn Ivey, author of The Snow Child
A. J. Fikry er selvstændig boghandler og ejer Island Books på den lille ø Alice Island i New England, USA. Han har haft nogle hårde år: Hans kone er død, hvilket har gjort ham til en alkoholsøgende enkemand i en alder af kun 39 år, salget i bogladen er for nedadgående, og hans store stolthed - en sjælden udgave af Edgar Allan Poes digte - er blevet stjålet. Bøger har altid været hele hans liv, alle store begivenheder har for ham en litterær reference, men som årene er gået, har han langsomt givet op, er blevet sur og bitter på verden og har trukket sig fra det lille øsamfund. Da han en dag finder en højst overraskende pakke i butikken, bliver alt dog vendt på hovedet. A.J. Fikry får en enestående mulighed for at ændre sit liv og se verden med nye øjne. HISTORIEN OM A.J. FIKRY er for bogelskere. Enhver, der har arbejdet med bøger vil nikke genkendende til Gabrielle Zevins humoristiske og varme fortælling. Men man behøver ikke at have været i bogbranchen for at elske denne bog, for der er noget for alle: kærlighed, drama, romantik, humor og uforglemmelige karakterer. Bogen er en rendyrket kærlighedserklæring til litteraturen. "Zevin fanger så fint glæden ved at forbinde mennesker og bøger ... Fuld af interessante karakterer, en dybdegående viden om bogens liv, vidunderlig kritik af klassiske titler, og meget sjove beskrivelser af læsekredse og forfatterarrangementer. Den er uundværlig for enhver bogelsker." - Booklist"Zevin er en talentfuld forfatter, klog og vittig." —Publishers Weekly
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