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Seven Houses in France
Bernardo Atxaga
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Description for Seven Houses in France
Paperback. 1903, and Captain Lalande Biran, overseeing a garrison on the banks of the Congo, has an ambition: to amass a fortune and return to the literary cafes of Paris. His glamorous wife Christine has a further ambition: to own seven houses in France, a house for every year he has been abroad. Translator(s): Costa, Margaret Jull. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 29. Weight in Grams: 186.
1903, and Captain Lalande Biran, overseeing a garrison on the banks of the Congo, has an ambition: to amass a fortune and return to the literary cafés of Paris.
His glamorous wife Christine has a further ambition: to own seven houses in France, a house for every year he has been abroad.
At the Captain’s side are an ex-legionnaire womaniser, and a servile, treacherous man who dreams of running a brothel. At their hands the jungle is transformed into a wild circus of human ambition and absurdity. But everything changes with the arrival of a new officer ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Vintage Books
Number of pages
256
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
Number of Pages
256
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780099552253
SKU
V9780099552253
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About Bernardo Atxaga
Bernardo Atxaga was born in Gipuzkoa in Spain in 1951 and lives in the Basque Country, writing in Basque and Spanish. He is a prizewinning novelist and poet, whose books, including Obabakoak and The Accordionist's Son, have won critical acclaim in Spain and abroad. His works have been translated into twenty-two languages. Margaret Jull Costa has been a literary ... Read more
Reviews for Seven Houses in France
A dark comedy about the vanity of human desires which deftly balances compassion and cynicism
Financial Times
Bizarrely funny and beautifully crafted
Times Literary Supplement
Undeniably compelling
Daily Mail
A brilliantly inventive writer...He understands the nature of storytelling and is at once terribly moving and wildly funny
A. S. Byatt Seven Houses in ... Read more
Financial Times
Bizarrely funny and beautifully crafted
Times Literary Supplement
Undeniably compelling
Daily Mail
A brilliantly inventive writer...He understands the nature of storytelling and is at once terribly moving and wildly funny
A. S. Byatt Seven Houses in ... Read more