Five Quarters of the Orange - Couverture rigide

Harris, Joanne

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 0754015939 ISBN 13 : 9780754015932

Editeur : Chivers Large print (Chivers, Windsor, Paragon & C, 2001

A propos du livre

Revue de presse

"'This shape-shifting drama switches easily between Occupied France and the present day. Recipes for luscious meals and homebrewed liqueurs interlace a storyline that spoons suspense and black humour into the blender in equal measure'" (Irish Independent)

"'Joanne Harris's rather brilliant Five Quarters of the Orange is a fascinating page-turner with a compelling climax ... This is an absolutely remarkable book that deserves to be read over and over again'" (Punch)

"'Vastly enjoyable, utterly gripping'" (The Times)

"'Harris's prose is deeply evocative - the scent of freshly baked bread, fruit and wine and oranges rises off the pages. Darker than her other novels and less sentimental, this is a wonderful book; don't miss out'" (Image Magazine)

"'Harris presents a complicated but beautiful tale involving misfortune, mystery and intense family relations ... This intense work brims with sensuality and sensitivity'" (Publishers Weekly)

Présentation de l'éditeur

Beyond the main street of Les Laveuses runs the Loire, smooth and brown as a sunning snake - but hiding a deadly undertow beneath its moving surface. This is where Framboise, a secretive widow named after a raspberry liqueur, plies her culinary trade at the crêperie - and lets memory play strange games.

Into this world comes the threat of revelation as Framboise's nephew - a profiteering Parisian - attempts to exploit the growing success of the country recipes she has inherited from her mother, a woman remembered with contempt by the villagers of Les Laveuses. As the spilt blood of a tragic wartime childhood flows again, exposure beckons for Framboise, the widow with an invented past.

Joanne Harris has looked behind the drawn shutters of occupied France to illuminate the pain, delight and loss of a life changed for ever by the uncertainties and betrayals of war.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Chivers Large print (Chivers, Windsor, Paragon & C
• Date d'édition: 2001
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0754015939
• ISBN 13: 9780754015932
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 376
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible