The Peculiar Life of a Lonely Postman (Paperback)

from SheTreadsSoftly

The Peculiar Life of a Lonely Postman by Denis Theriault is a highly recommended beautifully written novella.Bilodo is a lonely postman in Montreal who does his job well and without complaint because he has found a way to make his life meaningful. You see, "Bilodo was an inquisitive postman." Hi...

from Cassandra2020

The Peculiar Life of a Lonely Postman by Denis Theriault - GoodA sweet little book, if a little strange. (What is it about me and strange books?)Bilodo is a postman in Toronto. He lives a quiet solitary life apart from odd occasions when a fellow postman drags him out and tries to set him up with...

from SiriJR

This novella is a quick and sweet read. The characters are not deeply developed which lends an almost fairy-tale quality to the story, while Bilodo's journey through Grandpré's life is rendered more appealing through the use of Japanese literary tropes. At times it felt a little like a thesis wor...

from blakefraina

Based on the advance reviews, which described this book, variously, as beguiling (The Independent), quirky and charming (Guardian), delightful (Times Literary Supplement) and enchanting (John Burnside), I was expecting something akin to the adorable French comedy, Amelie. What I got was something...

from KatyBee

Stories of lovers poetic novella for lovers of stories This is a charming, little fable of a postman who falls into an epistolary romance with a woman who loves haiku. Although the postman is morally suspect, guilty of both postal crimes and false pretenses, it becomes easy to have sympathy for t...