 |
|
|
Item Details
| Title:
|
THE MAN IN A HURRY
|
| By: |
Paul Morand, Professor Euan Cameron (Trans), Michel Deon |
| Format: |
Hardback |
| List price:
|
£15.00 |
|
We currently do not stock this item, please contact the publisher directly for
further information.
|
|
|
|
|
|
| ISBN 10: |
1782270973 |
| ISBN 13: |
9781782270973 |
| Publisher: |
PUSHKIN PRESS |
| Pub. date: |
12 February, 2015 |
| Pages: |
384 |
| Translated from: |
French |
| Description: |
"Originally published as 'L'homme pressae' in France in 1941"--Colophon. |
| Synopsis: |
A feverish classic from one of the modern masters of French prose.No one can keep up with Pierre Niox, the speediest antiques dealer in Paris, although not necessarily the most competent. As he dashes about at a dizzying pace, his impatience becomes too much to bear for those around him; his manservant, his only friend and even his cat abandon him. He begins to find that while he is racing through life, it is passing him by. However, when he falls in love with the languid, unpunctual Hedwige, the man in a hurry has to learn how to slow down...'Probably the best French writer of the twentieth century after Proust and Celine' Philippe Sollers'Morand was the all-round aesthete.' Nicholas Lezard, Guardian 'Admired both by Ezra Pound and by Marcel Proust as a pioneer craftsman of Modernist French prose (...) The sheer shapeliness of his prose recalls Hemingway; the urbanity of his self-destructiveness compares with Fitzgerald's; and his camera eye is as lucidly stroboscopic as that of Dos Passos' The New York TimesThis feverish classic by one of the modern masters of French prose is a witty and touching parable for our busy times. |
| Publication: |
UK |
| Imprint: |
Pushkin Press |
| Returns: |
Returnable |
|
|
|
 |
|
|
|
|
|
Little Worried Caterpillar (PB)
Little Green knows she''s about to make a big change - transformingfrom a caterpillar into a beautiful butterfly. Everyone is VERYexcited! But Little Green is VERY worried. What if being a butterflyisn''t as brilliant as everyone says?Join Little Green as she finds her own path ... with just a littlehelp from her friends.
|
|
All the Things We Carry PB
What can you carry?A pebble? A teddy? A bright red balloon? A painting you''ve made?A hope or a dream?This gorgeous, reassuring picture book celebrates all the preciousthings we can carry, from toys and treasures to love and hope. With comforting rhymes and fabulous illustrations, this is a warmhug of a picture book.
|
|
|
|