Antoine Laurain

The Portrait

Illustration:Aitken, Jane; Boyce, Emily

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Produktbeschreibung

A collector unearths the find of a lifetime: an eighteenth-century portrait of a man uncannily like him.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Gallic Books
• Seitenzahl: 144
• Erscheinungstermin: 27. Juni 2017
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 198mm x 128mm x 12mm
• Gewicht: 108g
• ISBN-13: 9781910477434
• ISBN-10: 1910477435
• Artikelnr.: 46005731

Autorenporträt

Antoine Laurain is the award-winning author of nine novels including The Red Notebook (Indie Next, MIBA bestseller) and The President’s Hat (Waterstones Book Club, Indies Introduce). His books have been translated into 25 languages and sold more than 200,000 copies in English. He lives in Paris.

Rezensionen

'A delightful literary soufflé that fans of his other charming books will savor' Library Journal

'Effortlessly eloquent, quietly hilarious and consistently self-aware, Antoine Laurain's debut novel is a delightful read' Reader's Digest

'Laurain's novella is distinctive for its energetic prose and plot and for his skill in rendering simple what is otherwise complex... pure entertainment' Riveting Reviews

Praise for The President's Hat and The Red Notebook

'A hymn to la vie Parisienne...enjoy it for its fabulistic narrative, and the way it teeters pleasantly on the edge of Gallic whimsy' The Guardian

'Like finding a gem among the bric-a-brac in a local brocante' The Telegraph

'Resist this novel if you can; it's the very quintessence of French romance' The Times