Helene Hanff

84 Charing Cross Road é o título de um livro de 1970 de Helene Hanff, posteriormente transformado em peça teatral e filme, que conta a história romanceada da escritora americana que, tendo dificuldades para encontrar obras raras em seu país, passa a corresponder-se ao longo de vinte anos com um livreiro londrino, …

It all began with a letter inquiring about second-hand books, written by Helene Hanff in New York, and posted to a bookshop at 84, Charing Cross Road in London. As Helene's sarcastic and witty letters are responded to by the stodgy and proper Frank Doel of 84, Charing Cross Road, a relationship blossoms into a warm …

A zesty memoir of the celebrated writer's travels to England where she meets the cherished friends from 84, Charing Cross Road.

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 Title: Q's Legacy Author: Hanff, Helene Publisher: Penguin Group USA Publication Date: 1986/08/01 Number of …

For six years, Helene Hanff held captive audiences all over the world with her monthly broadcasts on the BBC's Woman's Hour. In five-minute vignettes, she managed to convey the essential New York City: life in a high rise apartment building (the last small town in America); annals of Chester-the-Sheepdog, Duke, the …