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A bibliophile shares his and his family's experiences as the citizens of Hay-on-Wye, a Welsh village known as the "Town of Books" that boasts 1,500 inhabitants and forty antiquarian bookstores. 40,000 first printing.

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224ページ
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英語
出版社

Bloomsbury Pub Plc USA
発売日

2003/4/1
寸法

14.58 x 2.92 x 21.9 cm
ISBN-10

1582342849
ISBN-13

978-1582342849
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Paul Collins is the author of Banvard's Folly. He edits the Collins Library for McSweeney's Books, and his work has appeared in McSweeney's, Lingua Franca, Cabinet, and Business 2.0.

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出版社 ‏ : ‎ Bloomsbury Pub Plc USA; 第1版 (2003/4/1)
発売日 ‏ : ‎ 2003/4/1
言語 ‏ : ‎ 英語
ハードカバー ‏ : ‎ 224ページ
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1582342849
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1582342849
寸法 ‏ : ‎ 14.58 x 2.92 x 21.9 cm

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Karie Hoskins

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Right now I seem to be in this wonderful cycle of delightful books about books. I started the year with "Mr. Penumbra's 24-Hour Bookstore", then I caught up with Thursday Next in Jasper Fforde's wonderful books, then "Village Books" by Craig McLay (which might only be available as an e-book but was fantastic)...and then "Sixpence House".

This wonderful book about Paul Collin's visit/move to a small town in England, Hay-on-Wye (population: 1500. Number of bookstores = 40) was so enjoyable to read. Not only does he describe and delight in the written world, the joy of reading, the texture and smell and heft of books, he gives the reader a colorful and meaningful look at this small town - including some very insightful contrasts to life in the United States.

As much of the story deals with a search for a house in Hay-on-Wye, he spends a good deal of time talking about architecture. The look and feel of the buildings and homes in small town England.

"...most building materials today will not age gracefully and were never meant to. They are only meant to be new. Perhaps the ancient brick walls in London weren't built with much more foresight for their aesthetic future than any structure today; yet by their very nature they succeeded perfectly as ruins."

The humor in this book is wonderful as well. As obvious as it is that Collins adores the British and many aspects of their way of life, he does poke gentle fun at them...or maybe I should say, with them. "No situation is so dire that it cannot be interrupted for tea. It is particularly important to the British when it is cold and damp outdoors, which is often, or when it is cold and damp indoors, which is always."

And, "The fellow roots around and walks us to an oaken side door of the castle, producing from his pocket a skeleton key so weighty that he has clearly stolen it from Vincent Price."

Collins gives the same treatment to American life, though possibly with just a bit more edge. (This made it all the more funny, as far as I was concerned.) "The fresh milk is gone too. It just seems so strange to be denied this; to an American, finding empty shelves in a market, to be told that you can't buy something, is a little like waking up and being told that gravity has been switched off until further notice."

And yet, the most wonderful aspect of this book, is his underlying love and fascination with books. He writes them, reads them, collects them, organizes them...is surrounded by these wonderful chronicles of human dreams, ideas, history, ideas of the future.

And here, too, his gentle humor shines through. Surrounded as he has been for his life by books, he knows them well enough to poke a bit of fun at them as well. "If a book cover has raised lettering, metallic lettering, or raised metallic lettering, then it is telling the reader: Hello, I am an easy-to-read work on espionage, romance, a celebrity, and/or murder. To readers who do not care for such things, this lettering tells them: Hello, I am crap. Such books can use only glossy paper for the jacket; Serious Books can use glossy finish as well, but it is only Serious Books that are allowed to use matte finish."

(And one delightful coincidence between the last two books about books that I've read? Both mention the English cider "Scrumpy" - though with wildly differing opinions of the drink.)

I loved "Sixpence House" and dreaded finishing it - I can only hope my luck in books continues.

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The story chronicles a family's move from California to Great Britain and their search for the perfect house for them in the village they have decided to make their new home. Haven't we all dreamed of having such an adventure? This was a good, light read that had me laughing out loud at times. I enjoyed reading about the quirky characters that inhabit the village; especially the "King". The author had some interesting observations or comparisons of life in America versus life in Great Britain and I really found their real estate rules crazy. It must be terribly frustrating to be a home buyer there!

The village where they have chosen to settle, once dying as the modern world raced past them, has been revived as the. "Book Capital of the World". The author gives us an in depth look into that world. As an avid reader, I was horrified by the book burnings and fascinated that there would be so many books in one place this would be necessary.
The book is full of interesting tidbits about the world of books. The thread that ties everything together is the search for the perfect place to call home.

Some reviewers felt the author was too descriptive with the details about this family's daily life in the village, down to what hey were eating. I embraced those details. As anyone who has traveled to Great Britain knows, some of their food can only be described as interesting. For me it was like a trip there without leaving home. I found this book very enjoyable.

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Naff observational humour with some gentle milking of the 'books on books' fever.

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This was different

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I gave this book three stars because, I liked it and found it interesting but couldn't wait to finish it. This was not my cup of tea.

I have told friends about it but they didn't seem to be very interested ,except a friend that lives in England.

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