by Alan Bennett · Editorial Empúries · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788497872898
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«Una lectora poc corrent» is the contemporary fiction novel by Alan Bennett, published by Editorial Empúries in paperback (97 pages, in Catalan).
The Queen of England discovers a mobile library in the Buckingham Palace gardens and borrows a book almost out of obligation. Reading, encouraged by Norman, a young kitchen hand, absorbs her to the point of neglecting her duties. The court and the government will try to keep her away from books and from Norman.
The original work, «The Uncommon Reader», was published in English in 2007; the translation is by Ernest Riera Arbussà.
For those who enjoy gentle satire and stories about the power of reading, including reading groups.
Alan Bennett is an English playwright, author, actor and screenwriter. He has received numerous awards and honours including four BAFTA Awards, four Laurence Olivier Awards, and two Tony Awards. In 2005, he received the Society of London Theatre Special Award.
