6/26/2023 0 Comments The storied life of aj fikry book![]() ![]() You know, reading has become to him sort of a way to not engage with other people, when the best thing about reading is that it kind of can help us engage with other people. He's both isolated physically, geographically, but also intellectually. So in the book, much like Martha's Vineyard, it takes, you know, a lot of driving, plane-taking, a ferry, all of that, to get there. The setting was really important to me because I wanted to have A.J. ![]() ![]() ![]() the best thing about reading is that it kind of can help us engage with other people. "I think you can do a lot, like describing people with their physical characteristics, things like that, but to me I've always found it to be a much more informative question to ask somebody what they read." "I thought as a strategy it would be really interesting to describe people in terms of what they read and how they read," she says. Zevin tells NPR's Audie Cornish that it's a book she's been wanting to write for some time. Each chapter begins with the title of a short story or a book and a note from Fikry describing what he likes about it, essentially introducing each character by what they read. Zevin's book is a love letter to the joys of reading. He's also at the center of Gabrielle Zevin's new novel, The Storied Life of A.J. Fikry is an unlikely romantic hero: He's cranky, he drinks too much, his bookstore is failing and don't get him started on the state of publishing. Your purchase helps support NPR programming. Close overlay Buy Featured Book Title The Storied Life of A. ![]()
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