Girl At The Lion d'Or by Sebastian Faulks
A beautifully controlled and powerful story of love and conscience, will and desire, which begins when a mysterious young girl arrives to take up the post at the seedy Hotel du Lion D'Or in a small French town in the mid-1930s.
Beautifully written and extraordinarily moving * Sunday Times *
Moving and profound.. Perfectly constructed * Times *
He has reaffirmed the importance of character in the novel; his Anna and Hartmann are as real, as moving and convincing as Anna Karenina and Vronsky... It is a novel to cherish and delight in * Scotsman *
A novel of rare intelligence and passion * Mail on Sunday *
An unusual and moving novel in which courage and abnegation are pitted against illicit but total love...a poised and well-judged work * Financial Times *
Moving and profound.. Perfectly constructed * Times *
He has reaffirmed the importance of character in the novel; his Anna and Hartmann are as real, as moving and convincing as Anna Karenina and Vronsky... It is a novel to cherish and delight in * Scotsman *
A novel of rare intelligence and passion * Mail on Sunday *
An unusual and moving novel in which courage and abnegation are pitted against illicit but total love...a poised and well-judged work * Financial Times *
Sebastian Faulks has written nineteen books, of which A Week in December and The Fatal Englishman were number one in the Sunday Times bestseller lists. He is best known for Birdsong, part of his French trilogy, and Human Traces, the first in an ongoing Austrian trilogy. Before becoming a full-time writer, he worked as a journalist on national papers. He has also written screenplays and has appeared in small roles on stage. He lives in London.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780099774907 |
| ISBN 10 | 0099774909 |
| Title | Girl At The Lion d'Or |
| Author | Sebastian Faulks |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Vintage Publishing |
| Year published | 1990-10-18 |
| Number of pages | 256 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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