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The Bookseller by Briscoe, Peter is a work of fiction available to read on EtoBox.
What is The Bookseller about?
Five stories about professors, students, librarians, booksellers, and early scientific explorers—all living literately, on journeys of the mind. The first story, “One of Our Stars,” is about a professor so engrossed in difficult studies that even a blatant sexual invitation (accepted) merely distracts him. He concentrates with the mental force of a chess grandmaster, a zen roshi, or a musical virtuoso. The next story, about a female college student, is set in a Colombian jungle. The third story portrays a once formidable professor coming to terms with retirement, old age, and approaching death. The fourth (title) story, novella length, takes place in an Ecuadorian library that is experiencing rampant theft. A place where some men steal books while others wonder why they bother. A literary, intellectual mystery that explores the library as a profound idea while the world rushes into a digital, post-literate future. The fifth story explores the evolving status of a beautiful...
Who reads The Bookseller?
It is typically read by readers looking for immersive, entertainment-first reading.
Common subject areas: fiction, literature, genre fiction.
- Author
- Briscoe, Peter
- Publisher
- Palo Verde Press via Indie Author Project
- Language
- EN
- Category
- work of fiction
- Rating
- 3.66 / 5 (10,135 ratings)
- Updated
- 2026-03-14
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