Q's Legacy - Couverture souple

Hanff, Helene

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0708830021 ISBN 13 : 9780708830024

Editeur : Time Warner Paperbacks, 1986

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur :

This memoir tells the remarkable story of how Helene Hanff came to write 84, Charing Cross Road, and how its success changed her. Hanff recalls her serendipitous discovery of a volume of lectures by a Cambridge don, Sir Arthur Quiller-Couch. She devoured Q’s book, and, wanting to read all the books he recommended, began to order them from a small store in London at 84, Charing Cross Road.

Thus began a correspondence that became an enormously popular book, play, television production, and movie, and that finally led to the trip to England -- and a visit to Q’s study -- that she recounts in this exuberant memoir. Hanff pays her debt to her mentor and shares her joyous adventures with her many fans.

"Reading Helene Hanff’s book is like making a new friend -- a charming, wise, and funny one." -- Betty Rollin

"A potpourri . . . easy and assured . . . A delightful companion for the odd hour." -- San Francisco Chronicle

"Hanff’s charm is such that when she exults . . . we exult right along with her." -- Kirkus Reviews

Biographie de l'auteur :

Helene Hanff (1915–1997) was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. In the 1940s and ’50s she wrote plays and television scripts in New York City, but found little success until her best-known book, 84, Charing Cross Road, was published in 1970. The book was a smash hit and has been adapted for the radio, stage, film, and television.

À propos de cette édition

• Éditeur: Time Warner Paperbacks
• Date d'édition: 1986
• ISBN 10: 0708830021
• ISBN 13: 9780708830024
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 138