Robin Sloan: 12 books

*One of Amazon's 20 Best Books of 2017* Named one of the best books of 2017 by NPR, San Francisco Chronicle, Barnes & Noble, and Southern Living In his much-anticipated new novel, Robin Sloan does for the world of food what he did for the world of books in Mr. Penumbra’s 24-Hour...

A gleeful and exhilarating tale of global conspiracy, complex code-breaking, high-tech data visualization, young love, rollicking adventure, and the secret to eternal life—mostly set in a hole-in-the-wall San Francisco bookstore The Great Recession has shuffled Clay Jannon out of his life...

From Robin Sloan, author of Mr. Penumbra's 24-Hour Bookstore, the story of Mr. Penumbra's first trip to San Francisco—and of how he got entangled with the city's most unusual always-open enterprise… It is August 1969. The Summer of Love is a fading memory. The streets of San Francisco pulse...

La crisi ha centrifugato Clay Jannon fuori dalla sua vita di rampante web designer di San Francisco, e la sua innata curiosità, la sua abilità ad arrampicarsi come una scimmia su per le scale, nonché una fortuita coincidenza l’hanno fatto atterrare sulla soglia di una strana libreria, dove viene...

DA ROBIN SLOAN, AUTORE DI IL SEGRETO DELLA LIBRERIA SEMPRE APERTA, LA STORIA DEL PRIMO VIAGGIO A SAN FRANCISCO DEL LIBRAIO PIÙ ECCENTRICO DI TUTTI I TEMPI, AJAX PENUMBRA E DEL SUO «COLPO DI FULMINE» CON IL NEGOZIO PIÙ INCREDIBILE DI TUTTA LA CITTÀ... Agosto 1969: le strade di San Francisco risuonano...

A recessão econômica obriga Clay Jannon, um web-designer desempregado, a aceitar trabalho em uma livraria 24 horas. A livraria do Mr. Penumbra — um homenzinho estranho com cara de gnomo. Tão singular quanto seu proprietário é a livraria onde só um pequeno grupo de clientes aparece. E sempre...

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Als Clay Jannon seinen Job als Webdesigner verliert, meldet er sich auf eine Stellenanzeige hin bei Mr. Penumbra, der in San Francisco eine alte, verstaubte Buchhandlung betreibt, die rund um die Uhr geöffnet ist. Clay übernimmt die Nachtschicht, und bald ist ihm klar, dass hier irgendetwas nicht...

«Un libro delizioso, perfetto per chi ama condire il cibo con un pizzico di magia.» Booklist Lois Clary è ingegnere informatico alla General Dexterity, un’azienda di San Francisco specializzata in robotica con l’ambizione di cambiare il mondo. Lois programma tutto il giorno e di notte...

Wie alles begann: Eine wunderschöne Kurzgeschichte voller Überraschungen über Mr. Penumbras Ankunft in San Francisco und einen sensationellen Fund. 1969: Ajax Penumbra arbeitet in der Bibliothek des Galvanic College im Stab für Neuerwerbungen und bekommt von seinem Chef den Auftrag, ein...

Lois Clary ist Software-Ingenieurin bei General Dexterity, einem Start-up in San Francisco, das Roboter herstellt. Sie programmiert den ganzen Tag und ist abends zu müde um ein Sozialleben zu pflegen. Ihre gesellschaftlichen Kontakte beschränken sich auf zwei Brüder, bei denen sie jeden Abend ihre...

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