Remainders of the Day
Shaun Bythell
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Beschreibung
'Effortlessly charming ... it is soothing to sink once again into the rhythms of Bythell's year' TLS
The Bookshop in Wigtown is a bookworm's idyll - with thousands of books across nearly a mile of shelves, a real log fire, and Captain, the bookshop cat. You'd think after twenty years, owner Shaun Bythell would be used to the customers by now.
Don't get him wrong - there are some good ones among the antiquarian erotica-hunters, die-hard Arthurians, people who confuse bookshops for libraries and the toddlers just looking for a nice cosy corner in which to wee. He's sure there are. There must be some good ones, right?
Filled with the pernickety warmth and humour that has touched readers around the world, stuffed with literary treasures, hidden gems and incunabula, Remainders of the Day is Shaun Bythell's latest entry in his bestselling diary series.
Rezensionen
Utterly compelling ... I urge you to buy this book
Peopled with fascinating characters ... a sarcastic reminder of the struggles of small business ownership, the importance of community and the frustration of dealing with customers ... occasionally laugh-out-loud funny.
Equal parts preposterous and profound, sure to prove irresistible to fellow bibliophiles
All the ingredients for a gentle human comedy are here, as soothing as a bag of boiled sweets and just as tempting to dip into
Warm, witty and laugh-out-loud funny, this gently meandering tale of British eccentricity will stay long in the memory.
<b>PRAISE FOR SHAUN BYTHELL</b>
The second volume of memoirs by the Wigtown bookseller Shaun Bythell is as absorbing as the first
Wonderfully entertaining.
<b>PRAISE FOR <i>CONFESSIONS OF A BOOKSELLER</i></b>
A book and bookshop lover'
<b>MORE PRAISE FOR<i> CONFESSIONS OF A BOOKSELLER</i></b>
Laconic, droll, opinionated and unconvincingly misanthropic ... Wigtown'
Funny and fascinating in equal measure - a must for all those of us who haunt the sepulchres where old books are laid to rest.
<b>MORE PRAISE FOR <i>DIARY OF A BOOKSELLER </i></b>
<b>PRAISE FOR <i>SEVEN KINDS OF PEOPLE YOU FIND IN BOOKSHOPS</i></b>
<i>The Diary Of A Bookseller</i> is warm (unlike Bythell'
Effortlessly charming ... it is soothing to sink once again into the rhythms of Bythell'
Gentle, funny and soothing
I tore through the pages, but I was also rather sad when it finished - I could have read much, much more. Any bibliophiles should race to get a copy.
Any reader finding this book in their stocking on Christmas morning should feel lucky ... contains plenty to amuse - an excellent diversion
Bythell is having fun and it'
The best parts are irreverently funny and only borderline legal ... he is certainly not self-serving in terms of writing about what he sees as his own failures and weaknesses ... has kept me giggling all week
Tempted to follow your dream and open a second-hand bookshop? Don'
Crisp and often funny - and Bythell is canny enough to temper his pantomime misanthropy with bursts of sweetness
Kundenbewertungen
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