Anyone who loves books and is intensely happy getting lost among the shelves of an old library should read the surprising, because of its simplicity and its grandeur, 84, Charing Cross Road . When I saw the cover with black and white photo of Mark & \u200b\u200bCo. bookstore I knew immediately that this book would be mine.
actually consists of correspondence to the author, the writer of screenplays and theatrical productions Helene Hanff , was holding with the library staff in London for over twenty years, especially with the bookseller Frank Doel. The first surprise with the success of his novel, which was even made into a film and television, was the author, because his life was devoted to writing and could never imagine that a simple correspondence sent to his publisher to see how could give him for publication and remained as such, would be his greatest success. The movie is from 1987 and starred Anne Bancroft and Anthony Hopkins, both very well chosen. I have not seen but I managed to get a picture of her with the fragments and the snowplows are on Youtube.
