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Petite Mort
Beatrice Hitchman
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Description for Petite Mort
Paperback. Scandal, intoxication and lies flourish in the silent film studios of Paris Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 194 x 130 x 23. Weight in Grams: 286.
'Part Moulin Rouge, part Alfred Hitchcock' Grazia 'A sly, erotic thriller concerned with doubleness and duplicity' Guardian Mesdames et Messieurs, presenting La Petite Mort, or, A Little Death ... A silent film, destroyed in a fire in 1914 at the Pathé studio, before it was seen even by its director. A lowly seamstress, who makes the costumes she should be wearing, but believes her talent - and the secret she keeps - will soon get her a dressing room of her own. A famous and dashing creator of spectacular cinematic illusions - husband to a ... Read more
'Part Moulin Rouge, part Alfred Hitchcock' Grazia 'A sly, erotic thriller concerned with doubleness and duplicity' Guardian Mesdames et Messieurs, presenting La Petite Mort, or, A Little Death ... A silent film, destroyed in a fire in 1914 at the Pathé studio, before it was seen even by its director. A lowly seamstress, who makes the costumes she should be wearing, but believes her talent - and the secret she keeps - will soon get her a dressing room of her own. A famous and dashing creator of spectacular cinematic illusions - husband to a ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Serpent's Tail
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
Number of Pages
336
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781846689079
SKU
V9781846689079
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About Beatrice Hitchman
Beatrice Hitchman was born in London in 1980. She read English and French at Edinburgh University and then studied for an MA in Comparative Literature. After a year living in Paris, she moved back to the UK, trained and worked as a documentary film editor. She has written and directed short films which have toured festivals worldwide. www.beatricehitchman.com
Reviews for Petite Mort
Sumptuous ... part Moulin Rouge, part Alfred Hitchcock
Grazia
There's a touch of Angela Carter about Beatrice Hitchman's beguiling debut - a sly, erotic thriller concerned with doubleness and duplicity
Guardian
Movie junkies will love this surprising and original novel ... the story winds itself in knots, then unravels deftly, providing a satisfactory judgment day for ... Read more
Grazia
There's a touch of Angela Carter about Beatrice Hitchman's beguiling debut - a sly, erotic thriller concerned with doubleness and duplicity
Guardian
Movie junkies will love this surprising and original novel ... the story winds itself in knots, then unravels deftly, providing a satisfactory judgment day for ... Read more