Angelina's Children by Emily Read

Angelina's Children by Emily Read

"A wonderful portrait of a woman both imperial and bruised, a greying ravaged mother-wolf that still controls all those around her. A novel of rhythm and grace, a beautiful voyage with the gypsies."--Le Monde

The story of Angelina, a gypsy matriarch, whose tribe is exiled to the outskirts of a French city. A young librarian comes to introduce the children to books and stories. She gradually gains their confidence and accompanies them through an eventful and tragic year. Ferney's distinctive style powerfully involves the reader in the family's disasters, its comic moments, in the love lives of the five boys, the bravery of the children, and, eventually, in Angelina's final gesture of defiance.

Winner of the literary prize Culture et Bibliothèques.

"'A wonderful portrait of a woman both imperial and bruised, a greying ravaged mother-wolf that still controls all those around herA novel of rhythm and grace, a beautiful voyage with the gypsies.' Le Monde 'A beautifully feminine and fertile book...Ferney's prose at its most powerful.' Le Figaro 'Ferney, in this restrained and lyrical novel, allows you to glimpse the flaw at the heart of man's nature. A flaw that too often results in men being kept at the margin of humanity by other men.' Lire"

Born in Paris in 1967, Alice Ferney studied business management and combines her life as a successful novelist with that as university professor. She is married, the mother of three children and has written six highly acclaimed novels. Emily Read is a well known translator from the French. She has published a number of titles of non-fiction and fiction, including The Reckoning by Simenon.

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ISBN 13	9781904738107
ISBN 10	1904738109
Titel	Angelina's Children
Autor	Emily Read
Buchzustand	Nicht verfügbar
Bindungsart	Paperback
Verlag	Bitter Lemon Press
Erscheinungsjahr	2005-06-02
Seitenanzahl	285
Hinweis auf dem Einband	Die Abbildung des Buches dient nur Illustrationszwecken, die tatsächliche Bindung, das Cover und die Auflage können sich davon unterscheiden.