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Item Details
Title:
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THE AMERICAN LOVER
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By: |
Rose Tremain |
Format: |
Electronic book text |
List price:
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£8.99 |
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ISBN 10: |
1448138639 |
ISBN 13: |
9781448138630 |
Publisher: |
VINTAGE PUBLISHING |
Pub. date: |
6 November, 2014 |
Pages: |
240 |
Translated from: |
English |
Description: |
Trapped in a London flat, Beth remembers a transgressive love affair in 1960s' Paris. The most famous writer in Russia takes his last breath in a stationmaster's cottage, miles from Moscow. A father, finally free of his daughter's demands,embarks on a long swim from his Canadian lakeside retreat. |
Synopsis: |
From the author of The Gustav SonataA seductive new collection of stories from the Orange Prize-winning author of The Road Home and Restoration Trapped in a London flat, Beth remembers a transgressive love affair in 1960s' Paris. The most famous writer in Russia takes his last breath in a stationmaster's cottage, miles from Moscow. A father, finally free of his daughter's demands, embarks on a long swim from his Canadian lakeside retreat. And in the grandest house of all, Danni the Polish housekeeper catches the eye of an enigmatic visitor.Over a million Rose Tremain books sold`A writer of exceptional talent ... Tremain is a writer who understands every emotion' Independent I`There are few writers out there with the dexterity or emotional intelligence to rival that of the great Rose Tremain' Irish Times`Tremain has the painterly genius of an Old Master, and she uses it to stunning effect' The Times`Rose Tremain is one of the very finest British novelists' Salman Rushdie`Tremain is a writer of exemplary vision and particularity. The fictional world is rendered with extraordinary vividness' Marcel Theroux, Guardian |
Publication: |
UK |
Imprint: |
Vintage Digital |
Prizes: |
Short-listed for The Edge Hill Short Story Prize 2015 (UK)
Short-listed for BBC National Short Story Award 2014 (UK) |
Returns: |
Non-returnable |
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