Helene Hanff was een Amerikaanse auteur, gevierd om haar kenmerkende literaire stem en diepe genegenheid voor de Britse literatuur. Haar werk, het meest beroemd vastgelegd in 84 Charing Cross Road, benadrukt de unieke verbinding tussen lezer en het geschreven woord. Hanff bouwde een carrière op via toneelstukken, vroege televisiedrama's en uiteindelijk boeken die haar scherpe observaties over leven en letteren onthulden. Haar vermogen om persoonlijke verhalen te verweven met een diepe liefde voor boeken maakt haar een geliefd figuur in de Amerikaanse literatuur.
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.
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.
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.