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I Wish Someone Were Waiting for Me Somewhere
eBook
ISBN/EAN: 9781448163427
Umbreit-Nr.: 7082561
Sprache:
Englisch
Umfang: 352 S., 0.35 MB
Format in cm:
Einband:
Keine Angabe
Erschienen am 30.07.2014
Auflage: 1/2014
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Format: EPUB
DRM: Adobe DRM
- Zusatztext
- <p><i>I Wish Someone Were Waiting For Me Somewhere</i>explores how a life can be changed irrevocably in just one fateful moment. A pregnant mother's plans for the future unravel at the hospital; a travelling salesman learns the consequences of an almost-missed exit on the motorway in the newspaper the next morning; while a perfect date is spoilt by a single act of thoughtlessness. In those crucial moments Gavalda demonstrates her almost magical skill in conveying love, lust, longing, and loneliness.</p><p><i>Someone I Loved</i>is a hauntingly intimate look at the intolerably painful, yet sometimes valuable consequences that adultery can have on a marriage and the individuals involved. A simple tale, yet long in substance,<i>Someone I Loved</i>ends like most great love affairs, forever leaving you wanting just one more moment.</p>
- Kurztext
- I Wish Someone Were Waiting For Me Somewhere explores how a life can be changed irrevocably in just one fateful moment. A pregnant mother's plans for the future unravel at the hospital; a travelling salesman learns the consequences of an almost-missed exit on the motorway in the newspaper the next morning; while a perfect date is spoilt by a single act of thoughtlessness. In those crucial moments Gavalda demonstrates her almost magical skill in conveying love, lust, longing, and loneliness.Someone I Loved is a hauntingly intimate look at the intolerably painful, yet sometimes valuable consequences that adultery can have on a marriage and the individuals involved. A simple tale, yet long in substance, Someone I Loved ends like most great love affairs, forever leaving you wanting just one more moment.
- Autorenportrait
- Born in 1970, Anna Gavalda was a teacher whose collection of stories,<i>I Wish Someone Were Waiting for Me Somewhere,</i>shot her to fame (published in Vintage together with her novella,<i>Someone I Loved</i>). Her novel<i>Hunting and Gathering</i>(<i>Ensemble c'est tout</i>) was a bestseller in several countries, selling over two million copies, and was made into a film and her most recent novel is<i>Consolation</i>. Her books have been translated into thirty-six languages. The mother of two children, she lives and writes just outside Paris.
- Schlagzeile
- A wonderful collection of stories published together with a poignant novella from the internationally renowned author of <i>Hunting and Gathering.</i>