Five Quarters Of The Orange - Couverture souple

Harris, Joanne

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0552998834 ISBN 13 : 9780552998833

Editeur : Black Swan, 2001

Synopsis

RO60123008. FIVE QUARTERS OF THE ORANGE. 2002. In-8. Broché. Bon état, Couv. convenable, Dos satisfaisant, Quelques rousseurs. 362 pages.. . . . Classification Dewey : 420-Langue anglaise. Anglo-saxon

A propos du livre

Revue de presse

"Her strongest writing yet: as tangy and sometimes bitter as Chocolat was smooth" (Independent)

"Outstanding ... beautifully written" (Daily Mail)

"Joanne Harris a naturally sensuous writer, but her latest book has a dark core...Her descriptive and narrative talents are put to a profounder use...This gripping tale is bound to be made into a film. It's as vivid a journey through human cruelty and kindness as I've read this year" (Daily Telegraph)

"Harris indulges her love of rich and mouthwatering descriptive passages, appealing to the senses ... Thoroughly enjoyable" (Observer)

"Just as she did in Chocolat, Harris indulges her love of rich and mouth-watering descriptive passages, appealing to the senses with seductively foreign names, and evoking the textures and smells of food. These descriptions are suffused with a child's wide-eyed wonder that lends the story a magical quality, almost like a folk tale or a children's story. Even having the Occupation as a backdrop, Harris sets out to tell a story that proves, like her previous books, to be thoroughly enjoyable..." (Guardian)

Biographie de l'auteur

Joanne Harris’s Whitbread-shortlisted Chocolat was made into an Oscar-nominated film starring Juliette Binoche and Johnny Depp. She is the author of many other bestselling novels, including Lollipop Shoes and Peaches for Monsieur le Curé, both also featuring Vianne Rocher, as is her new novel The Strawberry Thief. She has also written acclaimed novels in such diverse genres as fantasy based on Norse myth (Runemarks, Runelight, The Gospel of Loki), and the Malbry cycle of dark psychological thrillers (Gentlemen & Players, Blueeyedboy, and Different Class).

Born in Barnsley, of an English father and a French mother, she spent fifteen years as a teacher before (somewhat reluctantly) becoming a full-time writer. In 2013, she was awarded an MBE. She lives in Yorkshire, plays bass and flute in a band first formed when she was sixteen, and works in a shed in her garden.

À propos de cette édition

• Éditeur: Black Swan
• Date d'édition: 2001
• ISBN 10: 0552998834
• ISBN 13: 9780552998833
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 432