The Little French Bistro / Nina George ; translated by Simon Pare.

By:

George, Nina, 1973- [author.]

Contributor(s):

Pare, Simon [translator.]

Material type: Text

TextLanguage: English Original language: German Publisher: New York : Crown, [2017]Edition: First American editionDescription: 311 pages ; 22 cmContent type:

text

Media type:

unmediated

Carrier type:

volume

ISBN:

0451495586 (hardcover)
9780451495587 (hardcover)
034914222X

Related works:

Translation of: Pare, Simon. Mondspielerin

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Genre/Form:

LOC classification:

PT2707.E59 M6613 2017

Summary: Marianne Messman, a housewife, wants to escape her loveless marriage and an uncaring and unfeeling husband of 35 years. She and her husband, army sergeant major Lothar, take a trip to Paris, during which Marianne leaps of the Pont Neuf into the Seine, but she is saved from drowning by a homeless man. Angered by her behaviour Major Lothar takes a coach trip back home to Germany, expecting that a psychologist will escort Marianne home a few days later. However, Marianne comes across a hand-painted scene of the tiny port of Kerdruc in Brittany, and becomes fixated with the place.Other editions: Reproduction of (manifestation):: George, Nina, 1973- Little Breton bistro

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Translated from the German.

Marianne Messman, a housewife, wants to escape her loveless marriage and an uncaring and unfeeling husband of 35 years. She and her husband, army sergeant major Lothar, take a trip to Paris, during which Marianne leaps of the Pont Neuf into the Seine, but she is saved from drowning by a homeless man. Angered by her behaviour Major Lothar takes a coach trip back home to Germany, expecting that a psychologist will escort Marianne home a few days later. However, Marianne comes across a hand-painted scene of the tiny port of Kerdruc in Brittany, and becomes fixated with the place.

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