Librarian
«Vickers' real skill as a story teller is in allowing each distinct voice to contribute to a complete, or as complete as can be, picture of one family... the pace gathers, making for a deeply poignant climax»
Financial Times on 'Cousins'
How do the children fare as a result of the books Sylvia introduces them to? And how does the library alter the children's lives? Les mer
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Detaljer
- Forlag
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Innbinding
- Paperback
- Språk
- Engelsk
- Sider
- 400
- ISBN
- 9780241330234
- Utgivelsesår
- 2018
- Format
- 20 x 13 cm
Anmeldelser
«Vickers' real skill as a story teller is in allowing each distinct voice to contribute to a complete, or as complete as can be, picture of one family... the pace gathers, making for a deeply poignant climax»
Financial Times on 'Cousins'
«Vickers writes of relationships with undaunted clarity»
Adam Phillips
«Quirky and charming»
Love It!
«A nostalgic treat...involving and hopeful»
Mail on Sunday
«Excellent... a period tale of sentimental education, it's deliciously readable, with a clever epilogue zooming into the present day for a last gasp surprise»
Daily Mail
«No one can dig down into the shrouded recesses of the human heart quite as forensically as Vickers»
Sunday Times
«This beautifully crafted novel is a tribute to the power of books»
S Magazine, Sunday Express
«The Librarian will wring the heart of anyone who fell in love with books as a child. It is a hymn to the power of children's literature...delightful»
The Times
«Vickers lays bare the inner workings of one family, possibly every family, with an often disconcerting clarity»
The Times on 'Cousins'