Détails sur le produit

• Rang parmi les ventes Amazon: #15 dans Livres
• Publié le: 2009-05-05
• Langue d'origine: Anglais
• Reliure: Broché
• 256 pages

From Publishers Weekly
The letters comprising this small charming novel begin in 1946, when single, 30-something author Juliet Ashton (nom de plume Izzy Bickerstaff) writes to her publisher to say she is tired of covering the sunny side of war and its aftermath. When Guernsey farmer Dawsey Adams finds Juliet's name in a used book and invites articulate—and not-so-articulate—neighbors to write Juliet with their stories, the book's epistolary circle widens, putting Juliet back in the path of war stories. The occasionally contrived letters jump from incident to incident—including the formation of the Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society while Guernsey was under German occupation—and person to person in a manner that feels disjointed. But Juliet's quips are so clever, the Guernsey inhabitants so enchanting and the small acts of heroism so vivid and moving that one forgives the authors (Shaffer died earlier this year) for not being able to settle on a single person or plot. Juliet finds in the letters not just inspiration for her next work, but also for her life—as will readers. (Aug.)
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Commentaires clients

Dévoré!
J'avais peur de ne pas être à l'aise avec le fait que le livre soit sous forme de correspondances mais j'ai été happée du début jusqu'à la fin!
Ce roman est sensible, fin et très drôle! Ne pas hésiter!

A TALE FILLED WITH COURAGE AND HUMOR
Audio books are getting better and better. For this listener that is largely due to increasing narrations by ensemble casts, giving a breadth and richness to readings that cannot be achieved by even the most accomplished single voices. Such is certainly true of this warm, humorous story that is related in a series of letters.

It is the winter of 1946 in London when our story opens. Author Juliet Ashton is pondering, no searching for ideas for her next book. She's surprised to receive a letter from the island of Guernsey, which was once under German occupation. The epistle is from a man she does not know, Dawsey Adams, who now has a book by Charles Lamb that once belonged to Juliet. Dawsey wants to know where he might find more books by Lamb.

Juliet's curiosity is aroused by this man who shares her affinity for Lamb, and in future correspondence he tells her that he is a member of the Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society, a group formed for mutual protection during the German occupation.

Eventually, Juliet receives letters from other members of the Society, a disparate yet fascinating group, each with a story to tell. In due time she decides she must meet her new friends.

The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society is a wonderful tale, peopled with unforgettable characters and filled with courage, love, humor, all of which reminds us of the invincibility of the human spirit.

- Gail Cooke

Un petit moment de bonheur
Guernsez y se lit d'une traite. On devient les amis de Dawsey, Elisabeth, Juliet et toute la clique et la fin arrive trop tôt. On aimerait savoir ce qui se passera après... bref, un moment de bonheur que l'on a envie de partager avec ses amis pour qu'ils deviennent à leur tour, les amis de Dawsey, Kit, Sidney et tous les autres. Le mode épistolaire rend le livre vraiment vivant, on entend les voix des protagonistes. On rit , on pleure, on tombe amoureux... au risque de me répéter: un moment de bonheur!