The Paper House
2nd Edition
Published on 2. March 2026
Book
Paperback/Softback
84 pages
978-1-0682097-3-4 (ISBN)
Description
On a spring day in 1998, literature professor Bluma Lennon buys a used copy of Emily Dickinson's poems from a Soho bookshop. Moments after she starts reading it, she's struck by a car on a street corner and killed. After her funeral, one of her colleagues-the book's narrator-receives a package addressed to Bluma: a broken-spined old copy of Conrad's The Shadow-Line, inscribed with her own dedication. Intrigued, he sets off on a quest that leads him to Buenos Aires, searching for clues about Carlos Brauer, a devoted book collector, and his mysterious connection to Bluma.
Already a worldwide classic in its genre, The Paper House is a venture beyond our shadow lines, and what we fear to leave behind to cross them.
Already a worldwide classic in its genre, The Paper House is a venture beyond our shadow lines, and what we fear to leave behind to cross them.
Reviews / Votes
"The Paper House is one of those little books that can haunt a reader long after it is finished-or used as a brick to make a house. It comes from a territory of the imagination that is distant and dreamlike." -Alexander McCall Smith"A unique book on the bibliomania and its consequences." -Michael Caines
More details
Edition
2nd New edition
Language
English
Place of publication
United Kingdom
Edition type
New edition
Product notice
Paperback (UK-B)
Dimensions
Height: 191 mm
Width: 126 mm
Thickness: 9 mm
Weight
84 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-0682097-3-4 (9781068209734)
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Persons
Carlos Maria Dominguez was born on April 23, 1955, in Buenos Aires. He has contributed as a literary critic for the weekly newspapers Brecha and Busqueda, and for the arts and culture supplement of the daily newspaper El Pais. In addition to literary criticism, he has written in many genres, including plays, biographies, travelogues, memoirs, short stories, and novels. In 1995, he won the Premio Bartolome Hidalgo, highly acclaimed as Uruguay's most prestigious literary award. Dominguez's novella, The Paper House, first published in 2002, has been translated into more than 20 languages and has become an international bestseller since then.
Nick Caistor was born in 1946. He has translated more than 40 books of fiction from Spanish, Portuguese and French, and has twice received the Premio Valle-Inclan for his translations from Spanish. As a journalist, he has presented and produced many programmes on BBC Radio 4 and the BBC World Service, and has contributed to the TLS and the Guardian.
Nick Caistor was born in 1946. He has translated more than 40 books of fiction from Spanish, Portuguese and French, and has twice received the Premio Valle-Inclan for his translations from Spanish. As a journalist, he has presented and produced many programmes on BBC Radio 4 and the BBC World Service, and has contributed to the TLS and the Guardian.