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Villa America

English · Paperback

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Zusatztext [Klaussmann] entwines her fact and fiction with a smooth, near seemless stitch, and the end result makes for exhilarating and moving reading. Informationen zum Autor Liza Klaussmann was born in New York but lives in London. Already sold in more than a dozen languages, Tigers in Red Weather is her first novel. Klappentext 'A brilliant novel about love in all its forms . . . A deeply moving portrait of a marriage and of a world' Irish Times 'A gorgeous novel' Sunday Express 'Immersive, tense, seductive fiction' Sunday Times Sara and Gerald Murphy's life and family are the envy of all who visit Villa America, their dazzling home on the French Riviera. They and their friends - Picasso, Hemingway, Zelda and Scott Fitzgerald - are the brightest stars of the 1920s, devoted to unrestrained passion and creativity. But their lives are irrevocably altered by the arrival into their world of an intriguing new figure: a young American pilot, Owen Chambers. Sara and Gerald will be forced to choose between the ideals on which their marriage is built, and the dangerous pursuit of a different kind of love. When tragedy strikes at the heart of their golden idyll, they must learn that not all that is precious is built to last. 'Stylish and unputdownable' Sunday Express 'Klaussmann entwines her fact and fiction with a smooth, near seemless stitch, and the end result makes for exhilarating and moving reading' Observer Vorwort From the Sunday Times bestselling author of Tigers in Red Weather , a gorgeous novel of the 1920s on the French Riviera, and an enthralling marriage Zusammenfassung From the Sunday Times bestselling author of Tigers in Red Weather, a gorgeous novel of the 1920s on the French Riviera, and an enthralling marriage

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Klaussmann writes beautifully . . . [A] gorgeous, melancholy novel. Sunday Express

Product details

Authors Liza Klaussmann, Klaussmann Liza
Publisher Picador Uk
 
Languages English
Age Recommendation from age 18
Product format Paperback
Released 31.01.2016
 
EAN 9781447212096
ISBN 978-1-4472-1209-6
No. of pages 471
Dimensions 128 mm x 196 mm x 29 mm
Series Picador
Subjects Fiction > Narrative literature

FICTION / Historical / General, FICTION / Holidays, Historical fiction, France, FICTION / Family Life / Marriage & Divorce, Narrative theme: Sense of place, French Riviera / Côte d’Azur, Narrative theme: Love and relationships, c 1919 to c 1939 (Inter-war period), c 1918 to c 1939 (Inter-war period)

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