كتاب
Reading allowed: true stories and curious incidents from a provincial library
| العنوان: | Reading allowed: true stories and curious incidents from a provincial library |
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| المؤلفون: | Paling, Chris, author. |
| سنة النشر: | 2017 |
| وصف مادي: | 306 pages ; 23 cm |
| مصطلحات موضوعية: | Public libraries -- Social aspects -- England -- Anecdotes., Small libraries., Libraries and community., Public libraries -- Social aspects., Anecdotes., Autobiographies. |
| جغرافية الموضوع: | England. |
| الوصف: | "When novelist Chris Paling went for a job at his local library, he anticipated a quiet life. It took two hours between the stacks to discover that the reality was somewhat different. Chris found that at times the library is an extension of A & E; at other times it's a hostel for the homeless; a psychiactric ward; a crime scene; a study hall; a place of safety; a boxing ring; a confessional booth; a theatre space; a venue for knitting and book groups; an information hub for people trying to find a long-lost relative or a job. On most days, the library is all of these. At the core of this wonderful and heartwarming book is the extraordinary cast of characters who visit the library almost every day; the street sleepers like Brewer who use the 'fiction' stacks as their living room; Trish and her friends from the care home who every Wednesday cry, laugh, and shout with anger and joy, and fill the place with surreal conversation. Then there are those who steal anything not screwed down, the drug users who shoot up in the Gents' and the lonely who drift in for their only conversation of the day. Libraries are full of stories. Not all of them in books. Amusing, tragic, surreal and eccentric, Reading Allowed is a fascinating insight into the classic British institution that is our local library which will both enchant and delight."--Inside dust jacket. |
| Original Identifier: | ocn981255892 (YBPMetadataService)40027154357 |
| نوع الوثيقة: | Book |
| اللغة: | English |
| ردمك: | 978-1-4721-2471-5 1-4721-2471-5 |
| حقوق: | This record is part of the Harvard Library Bibliographic Dataset, which is provided by the Harvard Library under its Bibliographic Dataset Use Terms and includes data made available by, among others, OCLC Online Computer Library Center, Inc. and the Library of Congress. |
| ملاحظات: | Contains appendix (Dewey Decimal table) and notes. Includes bibliographical references (pages 305-306). |
| رقم الأكسشن: | edshlc.015041927.9 |
| قاعدة البيانات: | Harvard Library Bibliographic Dataset |
| ردمك: | 9781472124715 1472124715 |
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