Reviews

"For anyone who loves books and reading, An Imperfect Librarian is a perfect delight-a clever, entertaining and utterly splendid novel!" Alberto Manguel

This story is as wild, fierce and moving as the landscape that forms its backdrop, where a dry wit and wry temper are the best shields against a crazy winter and a crazier bureaucracy… a great book for people who love books, read books, collect books, catalogue books, treasure books, memorize books, covet books, crave books or ferret books away.” Joan Sullivan

Newfoundland and Labrador has produced yet another very fine writer. Elizabeth Murphy’s An Imperfect Librarian is clever and compassionate, witty and heartfelt. Laced with surprises and humour, it is a wonderfully entertaining read.Leo Furey

Witty and sharp, full of stinging one-liners, An Imperfect Librarian is a brisk and memorable journey through the workaday lives of some delightfully arresting characters.” Paul Butler

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Fahrenheit 451


Carl asks his friends and family the following question:

“Supposing you were in a Fahrenheit 451 situation and you could save only one book to memorize, what would it be?”

Here is a site where people respond to that very question.

What would be your Fahrenheit 451 choice and why? Click on COMMENTS to leave your choice and reason.

Discuss the book you'd want to preserve and tell why.

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

My Farenheit 451 choice would be something from Newfoundland.Within Newfoundland literature I would have to choose. E.J. Pratt because it is for me a quintessential Newfoundland voice. My favourite is:
"Newfoundland,
......
Tide and wind and crag
Sea-weed and sea-shell
And broken rudder
and the story is told of human veins and pulses
of eternal pathways of fire,
Of dreams that survive the night, Of doors held ajar in storms."

Ron Hynes

Musician, song writer extraordinaire, Man of a Thousand Songs, Ron Hynes appears briefly in An Imperfect Librarian.

From: CHAPTER TWENTY-TWO Seagulls’ dreams

"Time for a break…” the cowboy finally says. The audience groans. “…right after this song.” People applaud. “We had a request from…” He pauses while he talks to someone on the dance floor. “We’re gonna play a request from Norah. This is Atlantic Blue. If you can’t be with the one you love then you know what you gotta do."