Daughters Beyond Command
Daughters Beyond Command
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Summary
A family chronicle, and that of an era, from May 1968 to the 1980s: passionate, heartfelt and profound.
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Daughters Beyond Command by Véronique Olmi
A family chronicle, and that of an era, from May 1968 to the 1980s: passionate, heartfelt and profound.
“A beautiful story of familial love” * ActuaLitté *
“A book filled with tenderness." * La Croix *
“[A] gem of a novel … Heartstopping and heartbreaking.” * The Independent on Beside the Sea *
“The brilliance of Véronique's writing is that you become intimately acquainted with the speaker's thoughts … it unlocks you from the inside.” * Lisa Dwan (Actress, star of Bloodlands and Top Boy) *
“Full of wonder.” * The New York Times on Bakhita *
“A book filled with tenderness." * La Croix *
“[A] gem of a novel … Heartstopping and heartbreaking.” * The Independent on Beside the Sea *
“The brilliance of Véronique's writing is that you become intimately acquainted with the speaker's thoughts … it unlocks you from the inside.” * Lisa Dwan (Actress, star of Bloodlands and Top Boy) *
“Full of wonder.” * The New York Times on Bakhita *
Véronique Olmi was born in 1962 in Nice and now lives in Paris. She is an acclaimed French dramatist and her twelve plays have won numerous awards. Olmi won the Prix Alain-Fournier emerging artist award for her 2001 novella Bord de Mer. It has since been translated into all major European languages. Alison Anderson spent many years in California; she now lives in a Swiss village and works as a literary translator. Her translations include The Elegance of the Hedgehog by Muriel Barbery, and works by Nobel laureate J. M. G. Le Clézio. She has also written two previous novels and is the recipient of a National Endowment for the Arts Literary Translation Fellowship.
| SKU | Unavailable |
| ISBN 13 | 9781787704039 |
| ISBN 10 | 1787704033 |
| Title | Daughters Beyond Command |
| Author | Véronique Olmi |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Europa Editions (UK) Ltd |
| Year published | 2022-09-29 |
| Number of pages | 496 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
| Note | Unavailable |