House in Paris - Couverture souple

Bowen, Elizabeth

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0380446022 ISBN 13 : 9780380446025

Editeur : Avon Books, 1979

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Présentation de l'éditeur :

When eleven-year-old Henrietta arrives at the Fishers’ well-appointed house in Paris, she is prepared to spend her day between trains looked after by an old friend of her grandmother’s. Henrietta longs to see a few sights in the foreign city; little does she know what fascinating secrets the Fisher house itself contains.
For Henrietta finds that her visit coincides with that of Leopold, an intense child who has come to Paris to be introduced to the mother he has never known. In the course of a single day, the relations between Leopold, Henrietta’s agitated hostess Naomi Fisher, Leopold’s mysterious mother, his dead father, and the dying matriarch in bed upstairs, come to light slowly and tantalizingly. And when Henrietta leaves the house that evening, it is in possession of the kind of grave knowledge usually reserved only for adults. One of Elizabeth Bowen’s most artful and psychologically acute novels, The House in Paris is a timeless masterpiece of nuance and atmosphere, and represents the very best of Bowen’s celebrated oeuvre.

Quatrième de couverture :

WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY A.S. BYATT

'Her most atmospheric book . . .eerie and richly descriptive' Daily Telegraph

When eleven-year-old Henrietta arrives at the Fishers' residence in Paris, little does she know what fascinating secrets the house itself contains. Henrietta finds that her visit coincides with that of Leopold, an intense child who has come to Paris to be introduced to the mother he has never known. In the course of a single day, the mystery surrounding Leopold, his parents, Henrietta's agitated hostess and the dying matriarch in bed upstairs, come to light slowly and tantalisingly.

See also: Collected Stories

À propos de cette édition

• Éditeur: Avon Books
• Date d'édition: 1979
• ISBN 10: 0380446022
• ISBN 13: 9780380446025
• Reliure: Broché