by Penelope Fitzgerald · Uitgeverij Karmijn · tapa blanda · ISBN 9789492168252
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«De Boekhandel» is the novel by Penelope Fitzgerald, published by Uitgeverij Karmijn in paperback (144 pages, in Dutch).
Florence, a widow in her fifties, decides to open her own bookshop in the small coastal town of Hardborough. She soon clashes with the influential Mrs Gamart, who is determined to boycott her and complicate the project; despite the obstacles, Florence remains convinced that her bookshop will end up being a success.
The novel was originally published in English as The Bookshop in 1978; the 2018 Dutch edition includes the translation by Mieke Prins.
For readers of literary and historical fiction who enjoy stories about the world of books and small communities.
Penelope Mary Fitzgerald was a Booker Prize-winning novelist, poet, essayist and biographer from Lincoln, England. In 2008 The Times listed her among "the 50 greatest British writers since 1945". The Observer in 2012 placed her final novel, The Blue Flower, among "the ten best historical novels". A.S. Byatt called her, "Jane Austen’s nearest heir for precision and invention."
