Shaun Bythell

A cantankerously funny view of books and the people who love them. It does take all kinds and through the misanthropic eyes of a very grumpy bookseller, we see them all--from the "Person Who Doesn't Know What They Want (But Thinks It Might Have a Blue Cover)" to the "Parents Secretly After Free Childcare." From behind the counter, Shaun Bythell catalogs the customers who roam his shop in Wigtown, Scotland. There's the Expert (divided into subspecies from the Bore to the Helpful Person), the Young Family (ranging from the Exhausted to the Aspirational), Occultists (from Conspiracy Theorist to Craft Woman). Then there's the Loiterer (including the Erotica Browser and the Self-Published Author), the Bearded Pensioner (including the Lycra Clad), and the The Not-So-Silent Traveller (the Whistler, Sniffer, Hummer, Farter, and Tutter). Two bonus sections include Staff and, finally, Perfect Customer--all add up to one of the funniest book about books you'll ever find. Shaun Bythell (author of Confessions of a Bookseller) and his mordantly unique observational eye make this perfect for anyone who loves books and bookshops. "Bythell is having fun and it's infectious."--Scotsman "Virtuosic venting ... misanthropy with bursts of sweetness."―Guardian "All the ingredients for a gentle human comedy are here, as soothing as a bag of boiled sweets and just as tempting to dip into."--Literary Review "Any reader finding this book in their stocking on Christmas morning should feel lucky...contains plenty to amuse--an excellent diversion"--Bookmunch

Shaun Bythell owns The Bookshop, Wigtown - Scotland's largest second-hand bookshop. It contains 100,000 books, spread over a mile of shelving, with twisting corridors and roaring fires, and all set in a beautiful, rural town by the edge of the sea. A book-lover's paradise? Well, almost ... In these wry and hilarious diaries, Shaun provides an inside look at the trials and tribulations of life in the book trade, from struggles with eccentric customers to wrangles with his own staff, who include the ski-suit-wearing, bin-foraging Nicky. He takes us with him on buying trips to old estates and auction houses, recommends books (both lost classics and new discoveries), introduces us to the thrill of the unexpected find, and evokes the rhythms and charms of small-town life, always with a sharp and sympathetic eye.

Сегодня Уигтаун, расположенный в отдаленном уголке Шотландии, — место, куда устремляются книголюбы со всего мира. Это происходит благодаря тому, что в 1998 году Уигтаун был провозглашен книжным городом Шотландии национального значения, а в 1999-м начал работу Уигтаунский книжный фестиваль. В остроумном дневнике Шона Байтелла, владельца самого крупного в Шотландии букинистического магазина и активного участника фестиваля, описаны будни и радости книготорговли. Ироничное и дерзкое повествование увлеченного продавца придется по душе поклонникам отрицающего все авторитеты и моральные ценности сериала "Книжный магазин Блэка" с Диланом Мораном в главной роли, &#10

"Do you have a list of your books, or do I just have to stare at them?" Shaun Bythell is the owner of The Bookshop in Wigtown, Scotland. With more than a mile of shelving, real log fires in the shop and the sea lapping nearby, the shop should be an idyll for bookworms. Unfortunately, Shaun also has to contend with bizarre requests from people who don't understand what a shop is, home invasions during the Wigtown Book Festival and Granny, his neurotic Italian assistant who likes digging for river mud to make poultices. The Diary of a Bookseller (soon to be a major TV series) introduced us to the joys and frustrations of life lived in books. Sardonic and sympathetic in equal measure, Confessions of a Bookseller will reunite readers with the characters they've come to know and love.

Ο βιβλιοπώλης μας είναι ο άνθρωπος που, με τη θέλησή μας ή όχι, γνωρίζει σε βάθος τις ανησυχίες, τα όνειρα, ακόμα και την αισθητική μας, με βάση τους τίτλους που πηγαίνουμε στον πάγκο του. Πρόκειται για μια ξεχωριστή περίπτωση ειδικού, που σε πολλές περιπτώσεις μάς ξέρει καλύτερα ακόμα και από τους πιο κοντινούς μας. Ο Shaun Bythell, ιδιοκτήτης παλαιοβιβλιοπωλείου σε μια κωμόπολη της Σκωτίας, είναι μια τέτοια περίπτωση ανθρώπου. Πίσω από το ταμείο παρατηρεί τους πελάτες του, και είναι τόσο διαφορετικοί μεταξύ τους, αλλά και τόσο όμοιοι σε πολλά, που καταλήγει να τους κατατάξει σε κατηγορίες. To Όσα σκέφτεται ο βιβλιοπώλης σου για σένα αποτελεί μια λεπτομερή αλλά ταυτόχρονα ξεκαρδιστική καταγραφή των ανθρώπων που συχνάζουν σε βιβλιοπωλεία - από τους φανατικούς βιβλιόφιλους μέχρι τους περαστικούς ποδηλάτες που αναζητούν καταφύγιο από τη βροχή. Το Όσα σκέφτεται ο βιβλιοπώλης σου για σένα μοιάζει με το κλειδί για τα άδυτα ενός βιβλιοπωλείου, αλλά και μια κρυφή ματιά στο μυαλό του ιδιοκτήτη του, που ρίχνει μια κρυφή ματιά στο μυαλό των πελατών του. Ανάμεσα στις περιγραφές βιβλίων, αναγνωστών και συγγραφέων, είναι σίγουρο ότι ο βιβλιόφιλος θα αναγνωρίσει οικείες φιγούρες -και γιατί όχι;- και τον ίδιο τον εαυτό του. Εισαγωγή Γένος: Peritus (Ειδήμων) Γένος: Familia Juvenis (Νέα Οικογένεια) Γένος: Homo qui maleficas amat (Μυστικιστής) Γένος: Homo qui desidet (Αργόσχολος) Γένος: Senex Cum Barba (Μουσάτοι Συνταξιούχοι) Γένος: Viator Non Tacitus (Ο -Όχι Και Τόσο- Σιωπηλός Ταξιδιώτης) Γένος: Parentum Historiae Studiosus (Ερευνητής Οικογενειακού Δέντρου) Επίμετρο Γένος: Operarii (Προσωπικό) Επίλογος "Ο Bythell αντιμετωπίζει με σοβαρή κωμικότητα το επάγγελμά του... και δεν χαρίζεται σε κανέναν". (The Washington Post) "Ο Bythell είναι ένας δεξιοτέχνης μισάνθρωπος με εκρήξεις γλυκύτητας". (Guardian) "Σε αυτό το βιβλίο θα συναντήσετε όλα τα συστατικά της ανθρώπινης κωμωδίας". (Literary Review) "Ο Bythell διασκεδάζει με την πελατεία του και αυτό είναι μεταδοτικό". (Scotsman)

The Bookshop in Wigtown is a bookworm's idyll - with thousands of books across nearly a mile of shelves, a real log fire, and Captain, the bookshop cat. You'd think after twenty years, owner Shaun Bythell would be used to the customers by now. Don't get him wrong - there are some good ones among the antiquarian erotica-hunters, die-hard Arthurians, people who confuse bookshops for libraries and the toddlers just looking for a nice cosy corner in which to wee. He's sure there are. There must be some good ones, right? Filled with the pernickety warmth and humour that has touched readers around the world, stuffed with literary treasures, hidden gems and incunabula, Remainders of the Day is Shaun Bythell's latest entry in his bestselling diary series.

I den idylliska småstaden Wigtown driver Shaun Bythell The Bookshop, Skottlands största bokhandel för begagnade böcker. Till hans butik - där över 100 000 böcker trängs i en lokal med vindlande korridorer och sprakande eldstäder - färdas mängder av bokläsare från när och fjärran för att dyka ner i bibliofilernas eget Atlantis. Eller? En bokhandlares dagbok är en underhållande memoarbok om en bokhandlares vedermödor på 2010-talet. Med hjälp av excentriska kunder och besvärliga anställda guidar Shaun Bythell genom en bokvärld full av absurda historier och märkliga levnadsöden. På sina resor bland auktionshus och dödsbon tar han med oss på jakt efter de försvunna klassiker och läsupplevelser som måste finnas därute. Om någon vill betala för dem? Det är en annan fråga. Shaun Bythell har lovordats för sin skarpa skildring av en bokmarknad i förändring, en skildring som ofta lockar till skratt. Samtidigt är det en hyllning till den viktiga samhällsfunktion som bokhandeln fyller i en liten stad och ett passionerat försvar för det omätbara värdet av att läsa böcker. En bokhandlares dagbok blev en stor succé när den gavs ut i Storbritannien, och rättigheterna har sålts till 12 länder. Shaun Bythell är bokhandlare och driver The Bookshop i skotska Wigtown, där han också arrangerar den lokala litteraturfestivalen. En bokhandlares dagbok är hans första bok. Översättning: Andreas Vesterlund.

Un paesino di provincia sulla costa scozzese e una deliziosa libreria dell'usato. Centomila volumi spalmati su oltre un chilometro e mezzo di scaffali, in un susseguirsi di stanze e stanze zeppe di erudizione, sogni e avventure. Un paradiso per gli amanti dei libri? Be', più o meno… Dal cliente che entra per complimentarsi dell'esposizione in vetrina, senza accorgersi che le pentole servono a raccogliere la perdita d'acqua dal tetto, alla vecchietta che chiama periodicamente chiedendo i titoli più assurdi, alle mille, tenere vicende di quanti decidono di disfarsi dei libri di una vita. The Book Shop, la libreria che Shaun Bythell contro ogni buonsenso ha deciso di prendere in gestione, è diventata un crocevia di storie e il cuore di Wigtown, villaggio scozzese di poche anime. Con puntuta ironia, Shaun racconta i battibecchi quotidiani con la sua unica impiegata perennemente in tuta da sci, e le battaglie, tutte perse, contro Amazon. La sua è l'esistenza dolce e amara di un libraio che non intende mollare. Con l'anticipo dell'edizione italiana, Shaun sta finalmente ricostruendo il tetto della sua libreria.

Când Bythell, orgoliosul patron al celui mai mare magazin de cărți vechi din Scoția și­a înființat, în 2010, pagina de Facebook, a hotărât, în mod premeditat, să se concentreze asupra comportamentului clienților. Acest jurnal, ținut timp de un an, nu face altceva, ba chiar mai aduce și alte personaje pitorești în colimatorul autorului. Deși este cutremurător de amuzantă, cartea aceasta conține și un miez mai mult decât serios: este o scrisoare furibundă din linia întâi a luptei dintre proprietarii micilor afaceri cu cărți și giganți precum Amazon. Meseria de librar cere o răbdare de fier. Bythell face și el ce poate, dar nu-i iese întotdeauna. The Independent Jurnalul unui librar este o carte amuzantă și plină de căldură (spre deosebire de magazinul autorului) și merită să devină unul dintre acele bestselleruri care­l irită pe Bythell atât de mult. Mail on Sunday

The Bookshop in Wigtown is a bookworm's idyll - with thousands of books across nearly a mile of shelves, a real log fire, and Captain, the bookshop cat. You'd think after twenty years, owner Shaun Bythell would be used to the customers by now. Don't get him wrong - there are some good ones among the antiquarian porn-hunters, die-hard Arthurians, people who confuse bookshops for libraries and the toddlers just looking for a nice cosy corner in which to wee. He's sure there are. There must be some good ones, right? Filled with the pernickety warmth and humour that has touched readers around the world, stuffed with literary treasures, hidden gems and incunabula, Remainders of the Day is Shaun Bythell's latest entry in his bestselling diary series.

Shaun Bythell driver bruktbokhandel i den lille byen Wigtown i Skottland. Han har skrevet dagbok et helt år, fra februar 2014 til februar 2015. Han skriver om hva kundene kjøper, hva de spør etter, hva de sier og gjør, hva kollegaen har på seg, hva som er dagens fortjeneste, små trivielle ting som utgjør hverdagen. Den røde tråden er alt det rare og frekke kundene sier og gjør, og det som bærer boken er innblikket man får i en utsatt bransje. Forfatteren Shaun Bythell har drevet bokhandelen The Book Shop i Wigtown i seksten år. Det er det største antikvariatet i Skottland. En bokhandlers dagbok er hans første bok. Sagt om En bokhandler dagbok: «En tørrvittig skottes dagbok fra et iskaldt antikvariat i den lille byen Wigtown er årets morsomste lesing! Den er den perfekte gave til alle som leser, liker bøker, liker bokhandlere, liker antikvariater. Så den burde være midt i blinken for alle Tronsmo-kunder.» Tronsmobok, Instagram 9. desember 2017 «The Diary Of A Bookseller is warm (unlike Bythell's freezing-cold shop) and funny, and deserves to become one of those bestsellers that irritate him som much.» Mail in Sunday «Peopled with fascinating characters ... (and) laugh-out-loud funny» Herald