In the Stacks : Short Stories about Libraries and Librarians

from kittyjay

This anthology ranges from American to Italian to Russian to British writers, older works to contemporary, and from the mundane to the fantastic. Each supposedly revolves around librarians or libraries, but some of them are a bit of a stretch. The works that do, however, show no small amount of r...

from JBD1

I've had this book on my shelves for years, saving it up for some reason. Turns out I should have just read it years ago so that it could go back out the door again. Very uneven anthology of short stories, each having some connection to libraries, however vague that may be. There are some excelle...

from rampaginglibrarian

Uneven collection. There are a few great stories in here but most of them are only so so. I'm still glad i have it because you know i collect librariana and i'm just weird like that... doesn't do much for that ever draggling librarian image though

from bookwoman247

This was an interesting and entertaining collection of short stories, each of which obviously pertains in some way to a library. Included are stories by many prominent and talented writers, like Italo Calvino, Alice Munro, Jorge Luis Borges, and Ray Bradbury. How could a bookworm not enjoy this b...

from debnance

I was expecting a cute book with a cute gimmick, a book with stories about librarians. What librarian wouldn't buy that? I was surprised to find lots of good stories, stories that would have been good whether the main character was a librarian or a garbage collector. Favorites were stories by Joh...