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Briefly, A Delicious Life (häftad, eng)
<p><b>Longlisted for the Dylan Thomas Prize<br><br>'Wildly seductive' – </b>Sarah Waters<...
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<p><b>Longlisted for the Dylan Thomas Prize<br><br>'Wildly seductive' – </b>Sarah Waters<br><b>'Exquisite' – </b><i>New York Times</i><br><b>'Deeply enjoyable' – </b><i>Daily Telegraph</i><br><br><b><i>Briefly, A Delicious Life</i> by Nell Stevens is a story about breaking convention, and about love – secret, forbidden, unrequited.</b><br><br>Blanca has been dead for a few centuries when she falls in love – instantly and devotedly – with celebrated novelist George Sand.
George is unlike anyone Blanca has encountered in hundreds of years of haunting: a woman dressed in men’s clothes, a ferocious writer, a passionate lover of men and women alike and an ambivalent mother.<br><br>It is 1838, and George has come to the island of Mallorca with her ailing lover, Frédéric Chopin.
As the weather and the locals turn against this strange couple, can the love of a teenage ghost keep them from disaster?<br><br><b>'Dazzling' – </b>Melissa Broder, author of <i>The Pisces</i> and <i>Milk Fed</i><br><br><b>‘A luscious, multi-sensory bewitchment of a book’ – </b>Kiran Millwood Hargrave, author of <i>The Mercies</i><br><br><b>‘A shining work of art’ – </b>Elizabeth Macneal, author of <i>The Doll Factory</i><br><br><b>'Electrifyingly beautiful, exhilaratingly clever .
. . sensual, </b><b>original, intelligent and brimming with love' – </b>Imogen Hermes Gowar, author of <i>The Mermaid and Mrs Hancock</i><br><br><b>‘Hugely accomplished’ – </b><i>The Guardian</i><br><br><b>‘A playful, otherworldly debut’ – </b><i>Stylist</i></p>
George is unlike anyone Blanca has encountered in hundreds of years of haunting: a woman dressed in men’s clothes, a ferocious writer, a passionate lover of men and women alike and an ambivalent mother.<br><br>It is 1838, and George has come to the island of Mallorca with her ailing lover, Frédéric Chopin.
As the weather and the locals turn against this strange couple, can the love of a teenage ghost keep them from disaster?<br><br><b>'Dazzling' – </b>Melissa Broder, author of <i>The Pisces</i> and <i>Milk Fed</i><br><br><b>‘A luscious, multi-sensory bewitchment of a book’ – </b>Kiran Millwood Hargrave, author of <i>The Mercies</i><br><br><b>‘A shining work of art’ – </b>Elizabeth Macneal, author of <i>The Doll Factory</i><br><br><b>'Electrifyingly beautiful, exhilaratingly clever .
. . sensual, </b><b>original, intelligent and brimming with love' – </b>Imogen Hermes Gowar, author of <i>The Mermaid and Mrs Hancock</i><br><br><b>‘Hugely accomplished’ – </b><i>The Guardian</i><br><br><b>‘A playful, otherworldly debut’ – </b><i>Stylist</i></p>
| Format | Häftad |
| Omfång | 336 sidor |
| Språk | Engelska |
| Förlag | Pan Macmillan |
| Utgivningsdatum | 2023-06-22 |
| ISBN | 9781529083446 |
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- Pocket, 336, Engelska, Pan Books Ltd, 2023-06-22, 9781529083446
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Specifikation
Böcker
- Format Pocket
- Antal sidor 336
- Språk Engelska
- Förlag Pan Books Ltd
- Utgivningsdatum 2023-06-22
- ISBN 9781529083446