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9788466342582

La chica que leía en el metro / The Girl Who Read on the Metro

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  • ISBN13:

    9788466342582

  • ISBN10:

    8466342583

  • Format: Hardcover
  • Copyright: 2018-04-24
  • Publisher: Debolsillo
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“Con un elenco de personajes que recuerdan a la película francesa Amélie, Féret-Fleury crea un mundo delicioso y encantador… Ligero y dulce como un bombón, este pequeño libro es delicioso”. — Kirkus Reviews

Para los fanáticos de Amélie y The Little Paris Bookshop, un cuento de hadas moderno sobre una mujer francesa cuya vida da un vuelco cuando conoce a un librero solitario y su pequeña hija.


Juliette lleva una vida perfectamente ordinaria en París, tiene un trabajo de oficina lento, sale con una serie de hombres que no son del todo adecuados y lucha contra la melancolía. Los únicos puntos brillantes en su día son sus viajes en metro por la ciudad y las historias que sueña sobre los extraños que leen libros frente a ella: la anciana, el estudiante de matemáticas, el ornitólogo aficionado, la mujer enamorada, la chica que siempre llora en la página 247.

Una mañana, mientras evita la oficina tanto como puede, Juliette se encuentra en una nueva cuadra, frente a una puerta oxidada abierta con un libro. Incapaz de resistirse, Juliette se adentra en las extrañas y encantadoras vidas de Soliman y su pequeña hija, Zaide. Antes de que se dé cuenta por completo de lo que está sucediendo, Juliette acepta convertirse en passeur, el nombre que Soliman le da a los libreros que contrata para sacar montones de libros usados ​​de su tienda y llevarlos al mundo, usando su imaginación e intuición para emparejar libros con lectores. De repente, los sueños de Juliette se vuelven realidad, y cuando Soliman le pide que se mude a su tienda para cuidar de Zaide mientras él se va, ella tiene que decidir si está lista para lanzarse de cabeza a esta nueva vida.
De gran corazón, divertida y gloriosamente alocada, La chica que lee en el metro es una historia retrasada sobre la mayoría de edad sobre una mujer joven que se atreve a cambiar su vida y una celebración del poder de los libros para unirnos a todos.
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“With a cast of characters reminiscent of the French film Amélie, Féret-Fleury creates a world that is delightful and enchanting…Light and sweet as a bonbon, this little confection of a book is delicious.” —Kirkus Reviews

For fans of Amélie and The Little Paris Bookshop, a modern fairytale about a French woman whose life is turned upside down when she meets a reclusive bookseller and his young daughter.

Juliette leads a perfectly ordinary life in Paris, working a slow office job, dating a string of not-quite-right men, and fighting off melancholy. The only bright spots in her day are her métro rides across the city and the stories she dreams up about the strangers reading books across from her: the old lady, the math student, the amateur ornithologist, the woman in love, the girl who always tears up at page 247.

One morning, avoiding the office for as long as she can, Juliette finds herself on a new block, in front of a rusty gate wedged open with a book. Unable to resist, Juliette walks through, into the bizarre and enchanting lives of Soliman and his young daughter, Zaide. Before she realizes entirely what is happening, Juliette agrees to become a passeur, Soliman’s name for the booksellers he hires to take stacks of used books out of his store and into the world, using their imagination and intuition to match books with readers. Suddenly, Juliette’s daydreaming becomes her reality, and when Soliman asks her to move in to their store to take care of Zaide while he goes away, she has to decide if she is ready to throw herself headfirst into this new life.

Big-hearted, funny, and gloriously zany, The Girl Who Reads on the Métro is a delayed coming-of-age story about a young woman who dares to change her life, and a celebration of the power of books to unite us all.

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