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The 6:41 to Paris

TaschenbuchKartoniert, Paperback
146 Seiten
Englisch
New Vessel Presserschienen am17.12.2015
"A strong plot and a touching portrayal of how any of us might feel when unexpectedly confronted by the detritus of young love ...The 6:41 to Paris is a timely reminder that the past is always waiting to ambush us."--The New York Times Sunday Book Review "Perfectly written and a remarkably suspenseful read ...an absorbing, intriguing, insightful book for all readers."--Library Journal (Starred review) Cecile, a stylish forty-seven-year-old, has spent the weekend visiting her parents in a provincial town southeast of Paris. By early Monday morning, she's exhausted. These trips back home are always stressful and she settles into a train compartment with an empty seat beside her. But it's soon occupied by a man she instantly recognizes: Philippe Leduc, with whom she had a passionate affair that ended in her brutal humiliation thirty years ago. In the fraught hour and a half that ensues, their express train hurtles towards the French capital. Cecile and Philippe undertake their own face to face journey--In silence? What could they possibly say to one another?--with the reader gaining entree to the most private of thoughts.This is a psychological thriller about past romance, with all its pain and promise. Reading group guide is available from New Vessel Press.mehr

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Klappentext"A strong plot and a touching portrayal of how any of us might feel when unexpectedly confronted by the detritus of young love ...The 6:41 to Paris is a timely reminder that the past is always waiting to ambush us."--The New York Times Sunday Book Review "Perfectly written and a remarkably suspenseful read ...an absorbing, intriguing, insightful book for all readers."--Library Journal (Starred review) Cecile, a stylish forty-seven-year-old, has spent the weekend visiting her parents in a provincial town southeast of Paris. By early Monday morning, she's exhausted. These trips back home are always stressful and she settles into a train compartment with an empty seat beside her. But it's soon occupied by a man she instantly recognizes: Philippe Leduc, with whom she had a passionate affair that ended in her brutal humiliation thirty years ago. In the fraught hour and a half that ensues, their express train hurtles towards the French capital. Cecile and Philippe undertake their own face to face journey--In silence? What could they possibly say to one another?--with the reader gaining entree to the most private of thoughts.This is a psychological thriller about past romance, with all its pain and promise. Reading group guide is available from New Vessel Press.
Details
ISBN/GTIN978-1-939931-26-9
ProduktartTaschenbuch
EinbandartKartoniert, Paperback
FormatTrade Paperback (USA)
Erscheinungsjahr2015
Erscheinungsdatum17.12.2015
Seiten146 Seiten
SpracheEnglisch
MasseBreite 132 mm, Höhe 203 mm, Dicke 15 mm
Gewicht159 g
Artikel-Nr.33932908
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GenreRomane Taschenbuch

Autor

Jean-Philippe Blondel was born in 1964 in Troyes, France, where he lives as an author and English teacher. His novel The 6:41 to Paris has been a best-seller in both France and Germany.

Alison Anderson is a novelist and translator whose previous translations include The Elegance of the Hedgehog.