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Item Details
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THE 6:41 TO PARIS
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| By: |
Jean-Philippe Blondel, Alison Anderson (Trans) |
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Paperback |
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£10.99 |
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| ISBN 10: |
1939931266 |
| ISBN 13: |
9781939931269 |
| Publisher: |
NEW VESSEL PRESS |
| Pub. date: |
1 December, 2015 |
| Pages: |
153 |
| Synopsis: |
"A strong plot and a touching portrayal of how any of us might feel when unexpectedly confronted by the detritus of young love ...The 6:41 to Paris is a timely reminder that the past is always waiting to ambush us."--The New York Times Sunday Book Review "Perfectly written and a remarkably suspenseful read ...an absorbing, intriguing, insightful book for all readers."--Library Journal (Starred review) Cecile, a stylish forty-seven-year-old, has spent the weekend visiting her parents in a provincial town southeast of Paris. By early Monday morning, she's exhausted. These trips back home are always stressful and she settles into a train compartment with an empty seat beside her. But it's soon occupied by a man she instantly recognizes: Philippe Leduc, with whom she had a passionate affair that ended in her brutal humiliation thirty years ago. In the fraught hour and a half that ensues, their express train hurtles towards the French capital. Cecile and Philippe undertake their own face to face journey--In silence? What could they possibly say to one another?--with the reader gaining entree to the most private of thoughts.This is a psychological thriller about past romance, with all its pain and promise. Reading group guide is available from New Vessel Press. |
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US |
| Imprint: |
New Vessel Press |
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Returnable |
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