| The Life-Writer Contributor(s): Constantine, David (Author) |
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ISBN: 1771961015 ISBN-13: 9781771961011 Publisher: Biblioasis OUR PRICE: $13.46 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: October 2016 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Literary - Fiction | Biographical - Fiction | Family Life - General |
| Dewey: FIC |
| Physical Information: 0.7" H x 5.2" W x 8.3" (0.70 lbs) 256 pages |
| Themes: - Topical - Family - Sex & Gender - Feminine |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: A New York Times Notable Book 2016 An October Indie Next List "Great Reads" Pick After the death of her beloved husband, Katrin, a literary biographer, copes with the loss by writing his personal history. While researching the letters and journals he left behind, however, she comes to the devastating conclusion that his life before their marriage was far richer than the one they shared. To understand and recreate the period of his greatest happiness--hitch-hiking through France as a young man, madly in love with his companion, a French girl named Monique--Katrin embarks on a heartbreaking journey to discover the man she never fully knew. David Constantine is an award-winning short story writer, poet, and, translator. The title story of his North American debut collection of short fiction, In Another Country: Selected Stories (Biblioasis, 2015) was adapted into the Academy Award-nominated feature film 45 Years. He is the author of one previous novel, Davies, as well as four collections of short stories in the United Kingdom, and five collections of poetry. He lives in Oxford, England, where until 2012 he edited Modern Poetry in Translation with his wife Helen. |