Author: | Anita Brookner | ISBN: | 9780307826305 |
Publisher: | Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group | Publication: | August 8, 2012 |
Imprint: | Vintage | Language: | English |
Author: | Anita Brookner |
ISBN: | 9780307826305 |
Publisher: | Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group |
Publication: | August 8, 2012 |
Imprint: | Vintage |
Language: | English |
Maud Gonthier yearns for an escape from the cocoon of the bourgeois modesty. The splendid, caddish David Tyler appears to offer one. In this stylish, deeply knowing novel by the author of Hotel du Lac, Maud's seduction creates a chemistry of longing, sensuality, and betrayal--with a surprising climax. 240 pp.
Maud Gonthier yearns for an escape from the cocoon of the bourgeois modesty. The splendid, caddish David Tyler appears to offer one. In this stylish, deeply knowing novel by the author of Hotel du Lac, Maud's seduction creates a chemistry of longing, sensuality, and betrayal--with a surprising climax. 240 pp.