The Woman Who Wouldn't by Gene Wilder

The Woman Who Wouldn't by Gene Wilder

The beloved actor and screenwriter's second novel, set in 1903, stars a young concert violinist named Jeremy Webb, who one day goes from accomplished adagios with the Cleveland Orchestra to having a complete breakdown on stage. If he hadn't poured a glass of water down the throat of a tuba, maybe he wouldn't have been sent to a health resort in Badenweiler, Germany. But it's in that serene place that Jeremy meets Clara Mulpas, whom he tries his hardest to seduce.

Clara is so beautiful that Jeremy finds it impossible to keep from trying to find a chink in her extraordinary reserve and elegance. He finds himself reflexively flirting to get a reaction--after all, a tease and a wink have always worked before, with women back home. But flirting probably isn't the best way to appeal to a woman who was married to a dumb brute and doesn't want to have anything more to do with men. Jeremy isn't sure how to press his case--but he won't give up.

Wilder's prose is elegant, spare and affecting. But it's his romantic's eye for the intense emotions that animate a real love story that makes The Woman Who Wouldn't an unforgettable book.

Gene Wilder (1933-2016) started performing at the age of thirteen and has been writing screenplays since the early 1970s. Although a modest role in Bonnie and Clyde drew him away from a theater career, he was nominated for an Oscar Award for Best Supporting Actor for his portrayal of Leo Bloom in The Producers, which led to Blazing Saddles and yet another Academy nomination, this time for writing Young Frankenstein. Wilder has acted in twenty-five feature films as well as several theatrical performances. Kiss Me Like A Stranger was his first novel, and it was followed by My French Whore, The Lady Who Wouldn't, and What Is This Thing Called Love?

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ISBN 13	9780312375782
ISBN 10	0312375786
Title	The Woman Who Wouldn't
Author	Gene Wilder
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Hardback
Publisher	St. Martin's Press
Year published	2008-03-04
Number of pages	167
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