L'Affaire by Diane Johnson
Johnson is more droll than Henry James, to whom she's been compared, and she's as witty as a modern-day Voltaire. Vraiment, L'Affaire, c'est irresistible --Publishers Weekly Amy Hawkins, a Palo Alto girl who made herself a dot-com fortune, goes to France to get a sheen of sophistication and, perhaps, to have an affair that will ruffle her all-too-steady heart. She starts her quest in a glamorous resort in the French Alps, amid an assortment of aristocrats and ski enthusiasts. But when two of the hotel's guests are swept away by an avalanche, Adrian's children--young, old, legitimate, illegitimate--assemble to protect their interests, feuding under the competing laws of the British, American, and French systems.Amy, already suspect because she is American, steps in to assist, and unintentionally sets in motion a series of events that spotlight ancient national differences, customs, and laws. Filled with love, sex, death, and travel, L'Affaire is National Book Award finalist Diane Johnson at her very best.
Diane Johnson is the author of many novels, including Persian Nights, Health and Happiness, Laying Low, The Shadow Knows, and Burning, as well as the bestselling novel Le Divorce, which was a National Book Award finalist. For Persian Nights, she was a Pulitzer Prize nominee, and she co-wrote the script for The Shining with Stanley Kubrick. She spends time in both San Francisco and Paris.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780525947400 |
| ISBN 10 | 052594740X |
| Title | L'Affaire |
| Author | Diane Johnson |
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| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | Dutton Books |
| Year published | 2003-09-29 |
| Number of pages | 352 |
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