Between Memory and Oblivion: A Novel
by Peter Briscoe
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Pub Date Aug 01 2025 | Archive Date Sep 03 2025
Palo Verde Press | Independent Book Publishers Association (IBPA), Members' Titles
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Description
Michael Ashe, a young antiquarian bookseller in Los Angeles, must confront the fact that his once-thriving business is collapsing. Even librarians have turned their backs on books, while pouring money into electronic data. But Ashe refuses to admit defeat. He continues to hunt for rare tomes in Mexico City and Paris, while struggling with his loneliness and searching for a woman to love. Along the way he learns the startling story of the best-read man in France. A man who founded a great library to preserve knowledge against the ravishes of time. This revelation leads Ashe from mere attempts to save his own livelihood into a public battle to save the life of books themselves. A tale about the exotic and romantic world of international rare bookselling, and a cry of alarm about the demise of the printed book, the decline of reading, and the conflict between print and digital culture.
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eBook: ISBN 9780963489838
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eBook: ISBN 9780963489838
Available Editions
| EDITION | Paperback |
| ISBN | 9780963489869 |
| PRICE | $12.95 (USD) |
| PAGES | 142 |
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Featured Reviews
Paloma E, Reviewer
Michael Ashe is not giving up on physical books. He understands that the digital world is taking over the book world, and soon, books may be extinct. Michael is in search of books while also searching for love. He is very flawed and oftentimes isn't quite sure what he is looking for in a woman. But he is sure about the books he wants and the quest he is on. The pacing is slow, thorough, and takes its time to get us to where the author wants us to be. For those who enjoy books about books, libraries, and beauty, this is for you.
Thank you, Netgalley and IBPA, for this ARC. All opinions are entirely my own.
Jenny M, Reviewer
A book dedicated to books, libraries and romance- what's not to love??.
In this literary fiction story centered around books the author focuses on the scary concept of digital books being on their way to take over the beauty and tangibility of physical books with the main character undertaking a journey to locate physical books and stop them from becoming obsolete in the modern age.
The story had a nice romance to it as well with the main character looking for love and eventually finding it adding to his happiness in his life. I really enjoyed both the concept and execution of this story.
Thankyou to Net galley and Palo Verde Press for an arc copy of this insightful and enjoyable book.
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