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21%OFFAnna Gavalda - Hunting and Gathering - 9780099494072 - V9780099494072
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Hunting and Gathering

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Description for Hunting and Gathering Paperback. Camille is doing her best to disappear. She barely eats, works at night as a cleaner and lives in a tiny attic room. Downstairs in a beautiful, ornate apartment, lives Philibert Marquet de la Durbelliere, a shy, erudite, upper-class man with an unlikely flatmate in the shape of the foul-mouthed but talented chef, Franck. Num Pages: 480 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 133 x 33. Weight in Grams: 344.

Camille is doing her best to disappear. She barely eats, works at night as a cleaner and lives in a tiny attic room. Downstairs in a beautiful, ornate apartment, lives Philibert Marquet de la Durbellière, a shy, erudite, upper-class man with an unlikely flatmate in the shape of the foul-mouthed but talented chef, Franck. One freezing evening Philibert overcomes his excruciating reitcence to rescue Camille, unconscious, from her garret and bring her into his home.

As she recovers Camille learns more about Philibert; about Franck and his guilt for his beloved but fragile grandmother Paulette, who is all he ... Read more

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Product Details

Publisher
Riverhead Books
Number of pages
480
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Condition
New
Number of Pages
480
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780099494072
SKU
V9780099494072
Shipping Time
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Ref
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About Anna Gavalda
Born in 1970, Anna Gavalda was a teacher whose collection of stories, I Wish Someone Were Waiting for Me Somewhere, shot her to fame (published in the UK with her novella Someone I Loved). Her novel Hunting and Gathering (Ensemble c'est tout) was a bestseller in several countries, selling over two million copies, and was made into a film; this ... Read more

Reviews for Hunting and Gathering
Enjoyable, well-paced and engaging
Lucille Houston
Times Literary Supplement
Like Amélie, Hunting and Gathering stops at nothing to make the reader feel good. Reading it reminded me of tucking into one of those beautifully constructed little cakes that you see in the windows of elegant French patisseries
Sunday Telegraph
A charming, romantic - and very ... Read more

Goodreads reviews for Hunting and Gathering


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