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A haunting historical novel set in France between the two world wars about love and desire
FROM THE AUTHOR OF THE INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER BIRDSONG
Mid-1930s, Northern France. A mysterious young girl named Anne Louvet arrives at the seedy Hotel du Lion d’Or in the small French town of Janvilliers. She is seeking a job and a new life, far removed from the injustices of her past. At the hotel, Anne meets the cultured, rich and married Hartmann and begins anaffair with the married Great War veteran, revealing her secrets, fears and hopes to him. From award-winning author Sebastian Faulks, Girl at The Lion d’Or is a powerful story of love and conscience, will and desire.
‘Beautifully written and extraordinarily moving’ The Sunday Times
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Also available by Sebastian Faulks as part of the French trilogy series:
Birdsong
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FROM THE AUTHOR OF THE INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER BIRDSONG
Mid-1930s, Northern France. A mysterious young girl named Anne Louvet arrives at the seedy Hotel du Lion d’Or in the small French town of Janvilliers. She is seeking a job and a new life, far removed from the injustices of her past. At the hotel, Anne meets the cultured, rich and married Hartmann and begins anaffair with the married Great War veteran, revealing her secrets, fears and hopes to him. From award-winning author Sebastian Faulks, Girl at The Lion d’Or is a powerful story of love and conscience, will and desire.
‘Beautifully written and extraordinarily moving’ The Sunday Times
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Also available by Sebastian Faulks as part of the French trilogy series:
Birdsong
Charlotte Gray
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Recensione:
"Beautifully written and extraordinarily moving" (Sunday Times)
"Moving and profound... Perfectly constructed" (Times)
"He has reaffirmed the importance of character in the novel; his Anna and Hartmann are as real, as moving and convincing as Anna Karenina and Vronsky... It is a novel to cherish and delight in" (Scotsman)
"A novel of rare intelligence and passion" (Mail on Sunday)
"An unusual and moving novel in which courage and abnegation are pitted against illicit but total love...a poised and well-judged work" (Financial Times)
Descrizione del libro:
"Moving and profound... Perfectly constructed" (Times)
"He has reaffirmed the importance of character in the novel; his Anna and Hartmann are as real, as moving and convincing as Anna Karenina and Vronsky... It is a novel to cherish and delight in" (Scotsman)
"A novel of rare intelligence and passion" (Mail on Sunday)
"An unusual and moving novel in which courage and abnegation are pitted against illicit but total love...a poised and well-judged work" (Financial Times)
Reissued in new series style to match Faulks's most recent novel Where My Heart Used to Beat, which was a major Sunday Times bestseller in 2016
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- EditoreVintage
- Data di pubblicazione1990
- ISBN 10 0099774909
- ISBN 13 9780099774907
- RilegaturaCopertina flessibile
- Numero edizione1
- Numero di pagine256
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