Paul Collins
Paperback | Pages: 224 pages Rating: 3.65 | 2577 Users | 391 Reviews
Present About Books Sixpence House: Lost in a Town of Books
| Title | : | Sixpence House: Lost in a Town of Books |
| Author | : | Paul Collins |
| Book Format | : | Paperback |
| Book Edition | : | Deluxe Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 224 pages |
| Published | : | April 3rd 2004 by Bloomsbury USA (first published 2003) |
| Categories | : | Writing. Books About Books. Nonfiction. Autobiography. Memoir. Travel. Biography |
Description Concering Books Sixpence House: Lost in a Town of Books
Paul Collins and his family abandoned the hills of San Francisco to move to the Welsh countryside—to move, in fact, to the village of Hay-on-Wye, the "Town of Books" that boasts fifteen hundred inhabitants—and forty bookstores. Taking readers into a secluded sanctuary for book lovers, and guiding us through the creation of the author's own first book, Sixpence House becomes a heartfelt and often hilarious meditation on what books mean to us.List Books During Sixpence House: Lost in a Town of Books
| Original Title: | Sixpence House: Lost in a Town of Books |
| Edition Language: | English |
Rating About Books Sixpence House: Lost in a Town of Books
Ratings: 3.65 From 2577 Users | 391 ReviewsCrit About Books Sixpence House: Lost in a Town of Books
A very pleasant, comfortable read. Like a conversation with a really nice, interesting dinner guest. Old books, old houses, Wales, and lots of quotes from obscure literary works.2.5 starsThis is the story of Paul Collins and his wife, who moved from San Francisco to a small town in Wales, Hay-on-Wye, a town with more book stores per capita than anywhere else in the world. Paul is an author and while raised in America, the product of British parents. He is working on getting his first book published. This was a recommended book because I loved The Bookman's Tale which I read earlier this month.Unfortunately, I really struggled with this book. I generally like books about
It is a warm, cozy, light-hearted book. It is full of witty observations on British and American life and literature which can only be provided by an author who belongs to both countries.One time Paul Collins mentions a book from the late nineteenth century, Recreations of a Country Pastor by Andrew Boyd: "They [author's musings] are sermons in disguise, and they will put you to sleep. I mean that as a compliment: he is a calming writer". One page later he bitterly concludes: "We like our meat
The shortest version I can possibly give you is that Sixpence House is the latest -- and last -- bust in the long line of books I read because Nancy Pearl recommended them with great enthusiasm. I reject her as a competent adviser on what to read next, and vow never again to pick up any book just on her say-so. I have spent the last two years dutifully listing books to read based on her wildly popular Book Lust series, but no more. It is time to realize that when, out of the 150 or so books I've
When booksellers and bookmen get around to writing their book about books, I have come to find, they often fail to trust their materials books. Rather than books, bookmen (to use the old fashioned, sexist term) feel compelled to tell us about famous people theyve met, engage in literary criticism, or persist in telling us about themselves at tedious length. And Sixpence House is another example of the failure of the genre. Sixpence House is not the worst book-on-books book Ive read, but it is a
Perhaps the two stars are because this wasn't very interesting. Perhaps they're because I'm jealous. The author was just casually browsing in the biggest used bookstore in Hay-on-Wye, fell into conversation with the owner, and just like that was offered the job of organizing the American fiction section. That would never happen to me, and it's not fair. hmmf.
what a perfectly charming book. the author is witty and peppers the narrative with amusing anecdotes and passages that he's collected from various books that he's rescued over the years. of all the books i've read about books and book-lovers this one seems to ring the most true. truly, here is someone who has a deep and abiding passion for books of all kinds and gives each its due. even better, this particular book was one that i myself had been scouring shelves for for many months, making it
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