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Showing 1 - 12 of 12 results for “madeleine bourdouxhe”
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  • La Femme de Gilles

    by Madeleine Bourdouxhe ...
    Translated by Faith Evans ...
    Series series Neversink
    "A haunting, slim novel which has the mesmeric inevitability of a classical tragedy." --*Independent on SundayLa Femme de Gilles* tells the story of a fatal love triangle—written on the eve of World War II.Set among the dusty lanes and rolling valleys of rural 1930s Belgium, La Femme de Gilles is the tale of a young mother, Elisa, whose world is overturned when she discovers that her husband, ... Read more

    $17.99 CAD

  • A Nail, A Rose

    by Madeleine Bourdouxhe ...
    Translated by Faith Evans ...
    Series series Pushkin Collection
    Enchanting stories of women's inner lives by the rediscovered Belgian author Madeleine BourdouxheThe seven stories in A Nail, A Rose confirm Madeleine Bourdouxhe's status as an under-appreciated master of the form. Like her critically lauded novels Marie and La Femme de Giles, these stories tunnel into the conflicted hearts of their female characters in fluid, beautiful prose.These are stories of ... Read more

    $11.99 CAD

  • La Femme de Gilles

    by Madeleine Bourdouxhe ...
    Elisa is Gilles' wife and her devotion to him is passionate and all-consuming. Her daily life is permeated by thoughts of him - thoughts of his return from the factory, thoughts of his footsteps on the path as he arrives home each evening, when, in the minutes before his return, she is overcome with paralysing anticipation. But when Gilles suddenly finds himself powerfully and helplessly attracted ... Read more

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  • Vertigo

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  • The Man who Walked Through Walls

    by Marcel Ayme ...
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    The excellent Monsieur Dutilleul has always been able to pass through walls, but has never seen the point of using his gift, given the general availability of doors. One day, however, his tyrannical boss drives him to desperate, creative measures — he develops a taste for intramural travel and becomes something of a super-villain. How will the unassuming clerk adjust to a glamorous life of crime ... Read more

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  • Dimanche and Other Stories

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    A never-before-translated collection by the bestselling author of Suite Française. Written between 1934 and 1942, these ten gem-like stories mine the same terrain of Némirovsky's bestselling novel Suite Française: a keen eye for the details of social class; the tensions between mothers and daughters, husbands and wives; the manners and mannerisms of the French bourgeoisie; questions of religion ... Read more

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  • The Foundling Boy

    by Michel Déon ...
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  • The Forgotten Bookshop in Paris

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    A war-torn city. A dangerous secret. A shocking betrayal…Paris, 1940. War is closing in on the city of love. With his wife forced into hiding, Jacques must stand by and watch as the Nazis take away everything he holds dear. Everything except his last beacon of hope: his beloved bookshop, La Page Cachée.But when a young woman and her child knock on his door one night and beg for refuge, he knows ... Read more

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    'The best of Mary Stewart's books' Reader review ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐'Utterly thrilling, utterly satisfying' Reader review ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐'A compulsive read' Reader review ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐Linda Martin understands what is to be lonely: her parents died when she was young, and she was raised in an orphanage. When she is hired as a governess to the orphaned young Philippe, Comte de Valmy, Linda finds a kin... ... Read more

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