The Emperor of Paris - Couverture souple

Richardson, C.S.

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1846271134 ISBN 13 : 9781846271137

Editeur : Granta Books, 2014

A propos du livre

Revue de presse :

 · "I knew from the first page that The Emperor of Paris would be a fine novel, and I soon concluded that it was much more. It's a book to savour. . . . Gentle, poignant, elegantly written . . . The Emperor of Paris is brilliant; it lingers; I will read it again, and again. (In fact, I will read every novel Richardson writes.) If you love finely crafted sentences and spare, elegant prose; if you love charming characters and a tender, affecting story; if you love books and Paris and boulangeries, you will love this novel." --The Globe and Mail
 · "The Emperor of Paris is a metaphorical feast for the senses, each sentence offering up some little detail--a richly hued peacock feather, a dash of raspberry jam--to linger over and savour." --Winnipeg Free Press
 · "The spareness of Richardson's approach has the opposite effect of what one might expect: his restraint with details lends weight and significance to every word, every image, and the novel shimmers with the heightened clarity of a dream. . . . Within 50 or 60 pages of the slim volume, the reader will be swept up, and will read with anxious, bated breath, yearning for that destined moment, that perfect singularity and culmination." --National Post

Présentation de l'éditeur :

Like his father before him, Octavio runs the Notre-Dame bakery and knows the secret recipe for the perfect Parisian baguette. But, also like his father, Octavio has never mastered the art of reading and his only knowledge of the world beyond the bakery door comes from his own imagination. Just a few streets away, Isabeau works out of sight in the basement of the Louvre, trying to forget her disfigured beauty by losing herself in the paintings she restores and the stories she reads. The two might never have met, but for a curious chain of coincidences involving an impoverished painter, a jaded bookseller, and a book of fairytales, lost and found...Evocative, romantic, and wise, this is a magical novel about the power of stories - to help us find enchantment, freedom, and sometimes even love.

À propos de cette édition

• Éditeur: Granta Books
• Date d'édition: 2014
• ISBN 10: 1846271134
• ISBN 13: 9781846271137
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 288