Special Offer February 2022

Robin Sloan

Die sonderbare Buchhandlung des Mr. Penumbra

When Clay Jannon loses his job as a web designer, he responds to a job ad with Mr. Penumbra, who runs an old, dusty, 24-hour bookstore in San Francisco. Clay takes over the night shift, and it soon becomes clear to him that something is wrong here: the customers don't buy anything, they only borrow the books, three stories high shelves house huge folios that contain no texts, just long rows of letters. Gradually, Clay discovers that Mr. Penumbra and his clients are on to an ancient secret. With the support of his girlfriend Kat and his oldest pal Neel, as well as the wisdom of Mr. Penumbra, Clay sets out to solve this mystery. A secret that goes back to the early days of book printing.

The Strange Bookstore of Mr. Penumbra is a thrilling literary mystery and an inspirational and philosophical book full of unique characters and visionary ideas.

Price € 19,99

ISBN 9783896674807

Karl Blessing Verlag

Hardcover, shipping costs depend on destination country