Leído: The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society de Mary Ann Shaffer & Annie Barrows

The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society - Mary Ann Shaffer, Annie Barrows. London: Bloomsbury, 2009. 248 p.

Intento leer en inglés para no olvidarlo y me decidí por este epistolario. Hubo una época de mi vida que sólo que leía epistolarios, estaba fascinada, e ilusa de mi, creía que alguna vez yo participaría en una correspondencia fascinante, y lo intenté, pero no pudo ser, aún así reconozco que fascinan los epistolarios, ese género que creo que actualmente se perderá por la implantación de tecnologías como Whatsapp o Telegram, que permite una comunicación prácticamente instantánea.

Este epistolario explica las vivencias de Juliet Ashton, una escritora, que decide viajar hasta la isla de Guernsey para conocer a sus habitantes, que con anterioridad había conocido por carta, y se explica todas las vivencias a partir de las cartas que se escriben, especialmente lo que vivieron durante la IIGM.

Me ha gustado por cómo refleja la vida en la isla, un territorio británico, durante la guerra.

Se ve que han hecho una película y que se estrenará en breve, no quiero perdermerla, porqué promete.







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#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • SOON TO BE A NETFLIX FILM • A remarkable tale of the island of Guernsey during the German Occupation, and of a society as extraordinary as its name.

“Treat yourself to this book, please—I can’t recommend it highly enough.”—Elizabeth Gilbert, author of Eat, Pray, Love
“I wonder how the book got to Guernsey? Perhaps there is some sort of secret homing instinct in books that brings them to their perfect readers.” January 1946: London is emerging from the shadow of the Second World War, and writer Juliet Ashton is looking for her next book subject. Who could imagine that she would find it in a letter from a man she’s never met, a native of the island of Guernsey, who has come across her name written inside a book by Charles Lamb. . . .

As Juliet and her new correspondent exchange letters, Juliet is drawn into the world of this man and his friends—and what a wonderfully eccentric world it is. The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society—born as a spur-of-the-moment alibi when its members were discovered breaking curfew by the Germans occupying their island—boasts a charming, funny, deeply human cast of characters, from pig farmers to phrenologists, literature lovers all.

Juliet begins a remarkable correspondence with the society’s members, learning about their island, their taste in books, and the impact the recent German occupation has had on their lives. Captivated by their stories, she sets sail for Guernsey, and what she finds will change her forever.

Written with warmth and humor as a series of letters, this novel is a celebration of the written word in all its guises and of finding connection in the most surprising ways.