Innocence (Panther) |
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Pierre Magnan
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Pages: 256 (Paperback)
ISBN: 1860469809
Pub: The Harvill Press
Pub date: 2002-07-04
Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 136789
Reader Reviews:
Wry Look At La Belle France (10/10 people found this helpful)
I came across Magnan through The Murdered House, which was absolutely brill in a Jean de Florette sort of way. This one is a bit more Joanne Harris-like - Provencal village life seen through the eyes of a coming of age teenager who lusts after the big house widow. There is a murder underpinning the story and the resolution of that lovers' killing maintains the dramatic tension. Mostly though, it's 1945 French village life through the lens of a wry observer. Patricia Clancy is an excellent translator, as the prose really sparkles.
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Books -> Subjects -> Fiction -> World -> French
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