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1 online resource (224 pages) |
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A romantic comedy for language lovers and fans of The Rosie Project, about a brainy bachelor and the cat that opens his eyes to life's little pleasuresThe Silver Linings Playbook author Matthew Quick:"A delightfully absurd, life-affirming celebration. I literally stood up and cheered as I read the last page." When Samuel, a lonely linguistics lecturer, wakes up on New Year's Day, he is convinced that the year ahead will bring nothing more than passive verbs and un-italicized moments; until an unexpected visitor slips into his Barcelona apartment and refuses to leave. The appearance of Mishima, a stray, brindle-furred cat, becomes the catalyst that leads Samuel from the comforts of his favorite books, foreign films, and classical music to places he's never been (next door) and to people he might never have met (a neighbor with whom he's never exchanged a word). Even better, Mishima leads him back to the mysterious Gabriela ... |
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A homebody linguistics teacher in Barcelona has his world turned upside down when a stray cat, Mishima, introduces him to places he's never been and people he's never met. |
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Friendship -- Fiction.
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Interpersonal relations -- Fiction.
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Teachers -- Fiction.
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Life change events -- Fiction.
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Friendship. |
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Interpersonal relations. |
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Life change events. |
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Teachers. |
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Barcelona (Spain) -- Fiction.
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Spain -- Barcelona. |
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Downloadable e-Books.
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Electronic books. |
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Fiction.
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Wark, Julie, translator.
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| Other Form: |
Electronic reproduction of (manifestation): Miralles, Francesc, 1968- Love in small letters Richmond : Alma Books Limited, 2014 9781846883354 |
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Electronic reproduction of (manifestation): Miralles, Francesc, 1968- Love in lowercase New York, New York : Penguin Books, 2016 9780143128212 (DLC) 2015004004 (OCoLC)904400067 |
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9780698406391 : $48.00 |
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0698406397 : $48.00 |
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