La librera de París

Cuando Sylvia Beach, una joven americana amante de los libros, abre Shakespeare and Company en una tranquila calle en el París de 1919, no tiene ni idea de que cambiará el curso de la literatura. Shakespeare and Company es mucho más que una librería. Hemingway y muchos de los escritores de la Generación Perdida la consideran su segunda casa. Allí también se forjan algunas de las amistades literarias más importantes del siglo XX, como la de James Joyce con la misma Sylvia. Cuando la controvertida novela de Joyce, Ulysses, es prohibida, Beach decide publicarla bajo la protección de Shakespeare and Company. Pero el éxito y la fama que conllevan publicar la novela más controvertida e influyente del siglo tiene unos costes muy altos: la rivalidad de otros editores que quieren a Joyce para ellos. Sus relaciones más queridas son puestas a prueba mientras París cae en la Gran Depresión. Ante una gran crisis personal y financiera, Sylvia debe decidir qué significa para ella Shakespeare and Company. Con La librera de París Kerri Maher ha logrado construir un fresco inigualable de una librería, una ciudad y una época esenciales para entender de dónde venimos y hacia dónde vamos.

The Paris Bookseller by Kerri Maher / A BookBub Best Historical Fiction Book of 2022 ∙ A BookTrib Top Ten Historical Fiction Book of Spring ∙ A SheReads’ Best Literary Historical Fiction Coming in 2022 ∙ A Reader’s Digest’s Best Books for Women Written by Female Authors ∙ A PopSugar Much-Anticipated 2022 Novel

The dramatic story of how a humble bookseller fought against incredible odds to bring one of the most important books of the 20th century to the world in this new novel from the author of The Girl in White Gloves.

When bookish young American Sylvia Beach opens Shakespeare and Company on a quiet street in Paris in 1919, she has no idea that she and her new bookstore will change the course of literature itself.

Shakespeare and Company is more than a bookstore and lending library: Many of the prominent writers of the Lost Generation, like Ernest Hemingway, consider it a second home. It's where some of the most important literary friendships of the twentieth century are forged—none more so than the one between Irish writer James Joyce and Sylvia herself. When Joyce's controversial novel Ulysses is banned, Beach takes a massive risk and publishes it under the auspices of Shakespeare and Company.

But the success and notoriety of publishing the most infamous and influential book of the century comes with steep costs. The future of her beloved store itself is threatened when Ulysses' success brings other publishers to woo Joyce away. Her most cherished relationships are put to the test as Paris is plunged deeper into the Depression and many expatriate friends return to America. As she faces painful personal and financial crises, Sylvia—a woman who has made it her mission to honor the life-changing impact of books—must decide what Shakespeare and Company truly means to her.

Aventura / Biografia, Autobiografia, Memórias / Crônicas / Drama / Ficção / História / Literatura Estrangeira / Romance / Suspense e Mistério