I Wish Someone Were Waiting for Me Somewhere
$25.04
- Paperback
352 pages
- Release Date
1 August 2008
Summary
A wonderful collection of stories published together with a poignant novella from the internationally renowned author of Hunting and Gathering.
I Wish Someone Were Waiting For Me Somewhere explores how a life can be changed irrevocably in just one fateful moment. A pregnant mother’s plans for the future unravel at the hospital; a travelling salesman learns the consequences of an almost-missed exit on the motorway in the newspaper the next morning; while a perfect date is spoi…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780099506010 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0099506017 |
| Author: | Anna Gavalda, Karen L. Marker, Catherine Evans |
| Publisher: | Vintage Publishing |
| Imprint: | Vintage |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 352 |
| Release Date: | 1 August 2008 |
| Weight: | 188g |
| Dimensions: | 178mm x 111mm x 22mm |
| Series: | Vintage Books |
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Her books have both wit and a whimsical charm
Her books have both wit and a whimsical charm * Sunday Telegraph *Gavalda sees through ordinary appearances to people’s hidden longings… A gifted literary stylist * Vogue *A distant descendant of Dorothy Parker * Voici *A collection as tender as it is scathing * Le Monde *
About The Author
Anna Gavalda
Anna Gavalda (Author)
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 was followed by Consolation. Her books have been translated into thirty-six languages. The mother of two children, she lives and writes just outside Paris.
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