The Passion - Couverture souple

Winterson, Jeanette

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0099734419 ISBN 13 : 9780099734413

Editeur : Vintage, 2009

Synopsis

Henri had a passion for Napoleon and Napoleon had a passion for chicken. From Boulogne to Moscow Henri butchered for his Emperor and never killed a single man. With a de-frocked priest and a midget groom, Henri witnessed the scourge of Europe. In Venice, the city of chance and disguises, a great beauty was born with the webbed feet of her boatman father. In the casino, Villanelle learned that what people risk reveals what they value - she gambled her heart and lost. For eight years the soldier-chef watched young men die and his love for Napoleon turned to hate. Passion does not take disappointment well. He found the Venetian beauty whose heart was lost and together they fled frozen Russia to the canals of darkness and paradox.

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À propos de l'auteur

Jeanette Winterson CBE was born in Manchester. She published her first novel, Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit, at twenty-five. Over two decades later she revisited that material in her internationally bestselling memoir Why Be Happy When You Could Be Normal?. Winterson has written thirteen novels for adults and two previous collections of short stories, as well as children's books, non-fiction and screenplays. She is Professor of New Writing at the University of Manchester. She lives in the Cotswolds in a wood and in Spitalfields, London.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Vintage
• Date d'édition: 2009
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0099734419
• ISBN 13: 9780099734413
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 176
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• Personne responsable: non disponible