Con Brio

In a brasserie off the Boulevard St-Germain, a renowned novelist watches, entranced, the motions of a young woman's hands folding a restaurant bill into a paper boat. This passing observation - slim fingers against a white linen tablecloth - provides the springboard for this story of love and jealousy.

About the author

Brina Svit was born in Slovenia in 1959, and divides her time between Paris and Slovenia. She works as a journalist, screenwriter and director, and has also written novels, among them Con Brio and Death of a Prima Donna have been translated into Engish.

Summary

In a brasserie off the Boulevard St-Germain, a renowned novelist watches, entranced, the motions of a young woman's hands folding a restaurant bill into a paper boat. This passing observation - slim fingers against a white linen tablecloth - provides the springboard for this story of love and jealousy.

Foreword

'Con Brio consumes us like a bout of fever... Disconcerting and brilliant. Give it to your best friend' - Elle

Product details

• Authors: Brina Svit, Svit Brina
• Publisher: Random House Uk
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 03.07.2003
• EAN: 9780099449829
• ISBN: 978-0-09-944982-9
• No. of pages: 176
• Dimensions: 129 mm x 198 mm x 11 mm
• Weight: 125 g
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature; French, FICTION / Family Life / Marriage & Divorce, Fiction in translation, Narrative theme: Interior life, Psychological thriller, Paris (City), St Germain, Narrative theme: Love and relationships, FICTION / World Literature / France / 20th Century