La librería del señor Livingstone
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¿Puede una pequeña librería de Londres cambiar una vida? Una historia para todos aquellos que han sentido alguna vez que la literatura les salvaba. Agnes Martí es una joven arqueóloga que se muda a Londres en busca de una oportunidad. Poco tiempo después de llegar a la ciudad, sorprendida por una repentina lluvia mientras pasea por el barrio del Temple y se refugia en una librería muy especial: Moonlight Books. Edward Livingstone está buscando una ayudante y, en el tiempo que Agnes tarda en secarse y tomar una taza de té caliente, ambos comprenden que no es casualidad que sea precisamente ella quien ha llamado a su puerta. A medida que pasan los días, Agnes va descubriendo el carácter gruñón de su nuevo jefe, las excentricidades de su clientela habitual y el encanto de esta pequeña librería. Hasta que un día, uno de los libros más preciados de las estanterías de Moonlight Books desaparece y el inspector de policía John Lockwood entra en escena para hacerse cargo de la investigación y revolucionar la tranquila vida de Agnes. ENGLISH DESCRIPTION Could a small London bookstore change someone’s life? This is a story for those who have ever felt that literature saved them. Agnes Martí is a young archaeologist who moves to London in search of a new opportunity. Shortly after arriving in the city as she strolls through the Temple district, she is surprised by a sudden downpour and takes refuge in a very special bookstore: Moonlight Books. Edward Livingstone is looking for an assistant, and in the time it takes Agnes to dry off and sit down for a cup of hot tea, they both realize that it is no accident that she is the one who walked through the door at that time. As the days go by, Agnes starts to discover her new boss’ grumpy nature, the eccentricities of her regular clientele, and the magic of this charming bookstore. Until one day, one of the most treasured books on Moonlight Books' shelves disappears and inspector John Lockwood enters the scene to take over the investigation and shake Agnes' quiet and peaceful life.
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‘'-I need to read Alice, by Lewis Carroll.-In Wonderland or Through the Looking Glass?-I'd prefer at home.''
In the Temple area, between Fleet Street and the Embankment in the City of London, you'll find a bookshop owned by a formidable gentleman -who is anything but gentle- Dickens would be proud to have conceived for one of his exceptional novels. This bookshop provides refuge for a boy whose head is not in the clouds but in the stars, an aspiring writer and a barefoot fairy from Spain who has dedicated her life to Antiquity and its enchantment. A bookshop that marries Aristotle, Plato, Voltaire to Tim Burton, Alphonse Mucha and Gustave Doré. Shelley and Byron, Shakespeare and Walter Scott, William Faulkner and Tolkien, George R.R. Martin and Jean Teule.
You will meet a lady who has fallen passionately in love with reading and demands that Frodo not die, more chapters in a book already finished, and wishes to start a correspondence with fictional characters. Customers who think that a bookshop sells DVDs, and others who can't tell the difference between a series and a stand-alone novel. No matter. There are scones, hot chocolate, and Earl Grey on the ready for the happy few who understand. Livingstone is cantankerous and charming. Agnes is the driving force of change, John Lockwood couldn't be more different than his infamous namesake from Wuthering Heights, Oliver Twist (not THAT Oliver Twist) will form a true household in your heart.
As you live day after day within the heart of this enchanting bookshop, you will experience London at its finest. The city of Literature is right there from St Pancras to Middle Temple Gardens, from Marylebone to the Tower of London and the Leadenhall Market. It has captivated your heart and will not let it go.
In one of the most beautiful books you will ever read, Moonlight Books is there to make us dream and realise that books have the power to change us. Perhaps, only books can actually make a difference...An ode to courage, to London and its unique atmosphere, a hymn to TRUE Literature (and not the garbage advertised by the illiterate Karen, Sharon and Tracy of Instagram and TikTok)
Do yourselves a favour. Go and read some REAL Literature.
‘'-Most people aren't interesting. They are petty-minded.-Your dear Mr Livingsone began to think like that and look how he ended up.-How?-Living inside his books.-Then, he lives the best life.''
All extracts translated by yours truly, taken from the Greek edition translated by Kallia Tavoulari.
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