| Title |
La artesana de libros
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| Names |
Williams, Pip.
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Sánchez, Ana Isabel. Translator
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| Book Number |
DB128855
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| Title Status |
In Process
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| Language |
Spanish
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| Annotation |
"It is 1914, and as the war draws the young men of Britain away to fight, women must keep the nation running. Two of those women are Peggy and Maude, twin sisters who live on a narrow boat in Oxford and work in the bindery at the university press. Ambitious, intelligent Peggy has been told for most of her life that her job is to bind the books, not read them but as she folds and gathers pages, her mind wanders to the opposite side of Walton Street, where the female students of Oxford's Somerville College have a whole library at their fingertips. Maude, meanwhile, wants nothing more than what she has: to spend her days folding the pages of books in the company of the other bindery girls. She is extraordinary but vulnerable, and Peggy feels compelled to watch over her. Then refugees arrive from the war-torn cities of Belgium, sending ripples through the Oxford community and the sisters' lives. Peggy begins to see the possibility of another future where she can educate herself and use her intellect, not just her hands. But as war and illness reshape her world, her love for a Belgian soldier and the responsibility that comes with it threaten to hold her back." -- Provided by publisher. -- Violence and some strong language. Spanish language.
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"Oxfordshire, Inglaterra, 1914. Cuando el frente reclama a los hombres jóvenes, las mujeres deben mantener el país en marcha. Dos de ellas, las gemelas Peggy y Maude Jones, trabajan en la sección de encuadernación de la editorial Oxford University Press. Peggy es inteligente, ambiciosa y sueña con estudiar Literatura en la universidad, pero su trabajo consiste en encuadernar los libros, no en leerlos. Maude, por su parte, es un ser vulnerable que no sería capaz de salir adelante sin su hermana. Peggy visualiza un futuro en el que pueda utilizar su intelecto y no solo las manos, pero a medida que la guerra y los acontecimientos remodelan su mundo, es el amor y la responsabilidad que conlleva lo que amenaza con frenar sus aspiraciones." -- Proporcionada por la editorial. -- Traducido de la edición en inglés de 2023. Contiene algo de lenguaje ofensivo y descripciones de violencia.
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| Medium |
Digital Books
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| Audience Notes |
Contains some strong language. NLS/BPH
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Contains violence. NLS/BPH
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| Local Subject |
Novels
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Spanish, Fiction. (in Spanish) - SPAF
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Titles in Spanish - SPA
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British fiction - 823
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English-British literature - 820
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| LC Subject |
Bookbinders - Fiction
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Twins - Fiction
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World War, 1914-1918 - Fiction
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World War, 1914-1918 - Refugees - Belgium - Fiction
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Oxford (England) - History - 20th century - Fiction
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Fiction
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Historical fiction
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War stories
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| Call Number |
823.92 AFI
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| Publication Info |
Washington, D.C. : National Library Service for the Blind and Print Disabled, Library of Congress,
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| Original Publication |
Recorded from: Barcelona : Maeva Ediciones, 2024. 9788419638717
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