L'uomo che portava a spasso i libri

Synopsis of L'uomo che portava a spasso i libri

«L'uomo che portava a spasso i libri» is the contemporary novel by Carsten Henn, published by Giunti in paperback (256 pages, in Italian).

The bookseller Carl Kollhoff delivers books to special customers, whom he names after characters from the classics. On one of his rounds he is joined by Schascha, a nine-year-old girl in a yellow coat, who gradually breaks his rigid routine. When Carl loses his job, the stories and the little girl push them to overcome their problems and help each other.

This is the 2023 Italian edition, translated from German by Roberta Zuppet; the original work, «Der Buchspazierer», was published in 2020.

For those who enjoy stories about books and the connection between people: an emotional read, very suitable for book clubs.