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'One of Britain's most stylish and accomplished writers.' Telegraph
Constanza and her young daughter step off a train in the French Riviera in the late 1920s without the slightest notion of where they are. But their story begins with Constanza's parents: a beautiful New England heiress, a Roman prince and the confused catastrophe of their marriage. An idyllic childhood spent in crumbling Roman palaces, sun-baked olive groves, at sumptuous parties and being taught by the most interesting men in Rome, is changed forever by a fatal clash of culture and an impulsive decision.
In this elegant novel, Sybille Bedford tells the story of three generations of women, of Europe and America, and the turbulence and excitement of the early twentieth century.
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'One of Britain's most stylish and accomplished writers.' Telegraph
Constanza and her young daughter step off a train in the French Riviera in the late 1920s without the slightest notion of where they are. But their story begins with Constanza's parents: a beautiful New England heiress, a Roman prince and the confused catastrophe of their marriage. An idyllic childhood spent in crumbling Roman palaces, sun-baked olive groves, at sumptuous parties and being taught by the most interesting men in Rome, is changed forever by a fatal clash of culture and an impulsive decision.
In this elegant novel, Sybille Bedford tells the story of three generations of women, of Europe and America, and the turbulence and excitement of the early twentieth century.
Sybille Bedford is the most sensual of writers. No one writes as she does about the smells and colours of the Mediterranean, about the pleasure of food and wine. --Victoria Glendinning
An excellent stylist and a splendid narrator . . . and this is a very clever work. --New Yorker
A study of the rich . . . an examination of love . . . and a statement of what Henry James either did not or would not know about the darker side of the portrait of the lady. Bedford's mind is radiant. Her alarming economy of style burns. --V. S. Pritchett
An excellent stylist and a splendid narrator . . . and this is a very clever work. --New Yorker
A study of the rich . . . an examination of love . . . and a statement of what Henry James either did not or would not know about the darker side of the portrait of the lady. Bedford's mind is radiant. Her alarming economy of style burns. --V. S. Pritchett
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- ÉditeurPenguin Classics
- Date d'édition2000
- ISBN 10 0141181982
- ISBN 13 9780141181981
- ReliureBroché
- Nombre de pages320
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A Favourite of the Gods
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Description du livre Paperback. Etat : Very Good. One autumn in the late 1920s, a beautiful woman called Constanza boards a train on the Italian riviera, en route to Brussels and a new marriage. With her is her young daughter Flavia, who is going to England for the education she has always wanted. An odd, almost meaningless incident interrupts their journey, and Constanza makes a seemingly abrupt and casual decision that changes the course of both their lives. Yet perhaps a pattern had already been set by Constanza's mother, the American heiress Anna, who years before had left home for a strange marriage with an Italian prince. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged. N° de réf. du vendeur GOR004602048
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A Favourite of the Gods (Penguin Modern Classics)
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