| The Red Sofa Contributor(s): Lesbre, Michèle (Author), Ball, David (Translator), Ball, Nicole (Translator) |
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ISBN: 0857423738 ISBN-13: 9780857423733 Publisher: Seagull Books OUR PRICE: $18.90 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: February 2017 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Literary |
| Dewey: FIC |
| LCCN: 2018411188 |
| Series: French List |
| Physical Information: 0.6" H x 5" W x 8.1" (0.57 lbs) 104 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Now in paperback, The Red Sofa is a quiet French novella exploring love, memory, and the perspective that travel gives us on both. In The Red Sofa, we meet Anne, a young woman setting off on the Trans-Siberian Railway in order to find her former lover, Gyl, who left twenty years before. As the train moves across post-Soviet Russia and its devastated landscapes, Anne reflects on her past with Gyl and their patriotic struggles, as well as on the neighbor she has just left behind, Cl mence Barrot. Rocked by the train's movements Anne is moved by her memory of Cl mence, who is old and whose memory is failing, but who has not lost her taste for life and adventure. Ensconced on her red sofa at home, Cl mence loves to tell Anne her life story, mourning lost loved ones and celebrating the lives of brave, rebellious women who went before her. Eventually, Anne's train trip returns her home having not found Gyl, but having found something much more meaningful--herself. |
Contributor Bio(s): Lesbre, Michele: - Michele Lesbre is a French writer living in Paris.Ball, Nicole: - Nicole Ball has translated translated many books from French. Ball, David: - David Ball has translated many books from French. He was awarded the French-American Foundation Translation Prize for non-fiction in 2014 and the MLA Prize for Outstanding Translation of a Literary Work in 1996. |