Helene Hanff Livres

Une authentique et délicieuse correspondance échangée pendant vingt ans (de 1949 à 1969) entre Helene Hanff, scénariste new-yorkaise passionnée de livres et les employés de la librairie Mark & Co., 84, Charing Cross Road à Londres, spécialisée dans les titres épuisés. Frank Doel, le premier et principal interlocuteur de mademoiselle Hanff, est chargé d'assouvir l'insatiable soif littéraire de sa cliente américaine. Son dévouement, sa délicatesse et sa réserve toute britannique touchent la new-yorkaise, exigeante et avide d'éditions originales, de textes rares introuvables aux États-Unis, "Londres est bien plus près de mon bureau que la 17e Rue", a-t-elle décrété. Très vite, un ton chaleureux et intime s'installe entre les correspondants. La générosité, la vivacité, l'extravagance et l'humour d'Helene attisent la curiosité du personnel de la petite librairie et des proches de Frank Doel, qui à leur tour, participent à cet échange épistolaire. Une véritable et extraordinaire amitié par correspondance s'installe entre les protagonistes. Des lettres très émouvantes, pleines de charme et d'humour qui rappellent combien les livres et les librairies tiennent une place importante dans notre vie. Un roman qui incontestablement remue et ravit. 84, Charing Cross Road , traduit pour la première fois en français est un succès depuis les années 1970 en Angleterre et aux États-Unis. --Nathalie Jungerman

This book is the very simple story of the love affair between Miss Helene Hanff of New York and Messrs Marks and Co, sellers of rare and secondhand books, at 84 Charing Cross Road, London'. DAILY TELEGRAPH Told in a series of letters in 84 CHARING CROSS ROAD and then in diary form in the second part THE DUCHESS OF BLOOMSBURY STREET, this true story has touched the hearts of thousands.

Here is the remarkable story of how Helene Hanff came to write 84, Charing Cross Road, and of all the things its success has brought 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, and television production, and that finally led to the trip to England – and a visit to Q’s study – that she recounts here. In this exuberant memoir, Hanff pays her dept to her mentor and shares her joyous adventures with her many fans.

For six years Helene Hanff, author of 84 Charing Cross Road, made monthly broadcasts on BBC Radio's Woman's Hour. In five-minute vignettes she conveyed the ups and downs of life in a high-rise apartment building in the heart of New York City. This is a collection of those humorous and witty pieces.

The Duchess of Bloomsbury Street is Helene Hanff's charming travelogue about her trip to London, inspired by her friendship with a British bookseller. Embraced by locals, she offers a humorous outsider's view of Britain while exploring its literary heritage. It's a heartfelt tribute to England and the power of the written word.

In her outstandingly successful 84 Charing Cross Road Helene Hanff told the story of her love affair with an antiquarian bookshop in London. In Apple Of My Eye she celebrates something even bigger – her lifelong love for New York. Asked to write some copy for about 'The Big Apple', she found to her dismay that she knew hardly anything about her own city, and so she asked a friend to go exploring with her. This is the story of that madcap voyage of discovery.

This ebullient memoir chronicles the author's lifelong love of books, which began with Sir Arthur Quiller-Couch's "The Art of Writing" and developed with works by Izaak Walton, Cardinal Newman, and Milton.