The Library of Unrequited Love
Paperback Published on: 02/01/2014; Language: English, French (Original language of a translated text)
Price: £10.99
Bookseller Reviews
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A great little read that made me smile!
This is an interesting and unique concept for a book. The whole of the story consists of the Librarian pouring her heart out to the stranger in the library... READ MORE
Love and Literature
When a librarian finds a patron that has been locked in all night she begins to lecture him but that lecture turns into a monologue that displays how profo... READ MORE
Synopsis
One morning a librarian finds a reader who has been locked in overnight.
She begins to talk to him, a one-way conversation full of sharp insight and quiet outrage. As she rails against snobbish senior colleagues, an ungrateful and ignorant public, the strictures of the Dewey Decimal System and the sinister expansionist conspiracies of the books themselves, two things shine through: her unrequited passion for a researcher named Martin, and an ardent and absolute love for the arts.
A delightful divertissement for the discerning bookworm...
Publisher information
- Publisher: Quercus Publishing
- ISBN: 9781780870519
- Number of pages: 96
- Dimensions: 196 x 128 x 18 mm
- Weight: 76g
- Languages: English, French (Original language of a translated text)
Customer Reviews
View allLovely little book for lovers of books
A single-sitting read, this charming novella is the one-sided conversation of a librarian with a man who was locked in at the library overnight. There are ... READ MORE
A book lover’s book
This book was a delight. 92 pages of a one-sided conversation that a library assistant has with the poor soul who, for reasons unknown, was accidentally lo... READ MORE
The Library of Unrequited Love
The Library of Unrequited Love follows the story of a slightly cynical albeit dedicated librarian, and a one-sided conversation she has with a stranger she... READ MORE
Every single line in this book is quotable.
“I prefer the company of books. When I'm reading, I'm never alone, I have a conversation with the book. It can be very intimate. Perhaps you know this feel... READ MORE
Great little read!!
A delightful little book that every avid reader will find a bit of themselves inside. As the librarian's conversation barrels ahead you find yourself noddi... READ MORE
A book lover’s book
This book was a delight. 92 pages of a one-sided conversation that a library assistant has with the poor soul who, for reasons unknown, was accidentally lo... READ MORE
Charming little book
A humorous tale revealed through the soliloquy of a librarian, by the end you know her mind and heart.
A lovely read for a weekend away or train journey.
Unusual book that draws you in
Strange was the first word that sprang to mind when I received my copy of The Library of Unrequited Love but I read on.The format is a soliloquy between a ... READ MORE
A lovely little book
If you are a person who loves the smell of a book, pottering around a book shop or relaxing in a library this book is for you.The story is based around a o... READ MORE
A definite for all book lovers!
An odd read, but bizarrely interesting! I think I know far more about how a library works than I ever needed to, yet I couldn't put it down... I read this ... READ MORE
A lovely little book
If you are a person who loves the smell of a book, pottering around a book shop or relaxing in a library this book is for you.The story is based around a o... READ MORE
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