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Chargement... The Bookman's Tale (édition 2013)par Charlie Lovett (Auteur)
Information sur l'oeuvreThe Bookman's Tale par Charlie Lovett
  
Top Five Books of 2013 (822) Books Read in 2014 (200) » 7 plus Actuellement, il n'y a pas de discussions au sujet de ce livre.  Kim.Sasso | Aug 27, 2023 |    ) mykl-s | Aug 13, 2023 | 1995 at Hay-on-Wye, England. Peter Byerly is unsure of what brought him to a specific bookstore. He had been devastated by the loss of his cherished wife, Amanda, nine months ago. The young antiquarian bookseller moved to the English countryside from North Carolina in an effort to rekindle his love of collecting and restoring old books. Peter, though, is startled when a picture of Amanda jumps out of an eighteenth-century study of Shakespeare forgeries. Naturally, she isn't there. Clearly a Victorian work of art, the watercolor. However, the similarity is uncanny, and Peter gets fixated on discovering the image's history. Peter communicates with Amanda's spirit, discovers the truth about his own past, and comes across a manuscript that might provide conclusive evidence that Shakespeare was the author of all of his plays as he follows the trail back first to the Victorian age and then to Shakespeare's time. Characters in Lovett's debut book are interesting, and the plot is intriguing. It is filled with everything, including romance, mystery, and book restoration. It was a pleasure to read and, since I love books about books, it is sure to have a place as one of my favorite reads. ( ) jwhenderson | Jul 27, 2023 |  ) gahoward67 | Feb 27, 2023 | ) JudyGibson | Jan 26, 2023 |
 The Bookman’s Tale is told in a straightforward manner quite unlike the fanciful prose of Spaniard Ruiz Zafon or the clinical narrative of Brooks. Though his narrative wends through time, the words Mr. Lovett chooses are rather plainspoken, though not without their own melody. He projects heartfelt warmth that is lacking in both Ruiz Zafon’s or Brooks’ novels. One aspect in which this novel struggles is with time jumps. The bibliophile who is careful and who can get past that small failing, however, is in for a treat. "Although the discussion of the provenance of Shakespeare’s plays will appeal to bibliophiles, the frequent flashbacks to bygone days interrupt the narrative flow."  "A pleasurably escapist trans-Atlantic mystery is intricately layered with plots, murders, feuds, romances, forgeries—and antiquarian book dealing." Appartient à la série éditorialeinsel taschenbuch (4349) Prix et récompenses
After the death of his wife, Peter Byerly, a young antiquarian bookseller, relocates from the States to the English countryside, where he hopes to rediscover the joys of life through his passion for collecting and restoring rare books. But when he opens an eighteenth-century study on Shakespeare forgeries, he is shocked to find a Victorian portrait strikingly similar to his wife tumble out of its pages, and becomes obsessed with tracking down its origins. As he follows the trail back to the nineteenth century and then to Shakespeare's time, Peter learns the truth about his own past and unearths a book that might prove that Shakespeare was indeed the author of all his plays. Aucune description trouvée dans une bibliothèque |
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5
This wonderful tale had so many of the things I like in a book...shifting perspectives, interwoven timelines, genealogical implications, a literary setting, an understated love story, and an imaginative yet plausible-enough imaginative storyline all told with (contented sigh) properly-composed sentences and a wide selection of well-employed words.
Not quite the mind-spa of Shadow of the Wind, but I'm still giving this a Five Star rating because it was such a joy to read after a string of disappointments. (