A House of Ruin
$21.25
- Paperback
272 pages
- Release Date
11 May 2027
Summary
FROM THE AUTHOR OF *I WHO HAVE NEVER KNOWN MEN*
Welcome to La Diguière: a disintegrating ancestral mansion, a matriarchy on the edge of ruin - a disaster lying in wait for an eligible solution.
After his car stalls to a slow halt on a moonlit lane, an architect finds himself stranded overnight in the Belgian countryside. His only hope for shelter is a decaying country home, where his hostesses permit him to lodge, at a steep fee.
Their…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781529990713 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1529990718 |
| Author: | Jacqueline Harpman, Ros Schwartz |
| Publisher: | Vintage Publishing |
| Imprint: | Vintage Classics |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 272 |
| Release Date: | 11 May 2027 |
| Weight: | 200g |
| Dimensions: | 15mm x 129mm x 198mm |
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Jacqueline Harpman
Jacqueline Harpman was born in Etterbeek, Belgium in 1929. Being half Jewish, the family fled to Casablanca when the Nazis invaded, and only returned home after the war. After studying French literature she started training to be a doctor, but could not complete her training due to contracting tuberculosis. She turned to writing in 1954 and her first work was published in 1958. In 1980 she qualified as a psychoanalyst. Harpman wrote over 15 novels and won numerous literary prizes, including the Prix Médicis for Orlanda. I Who Have Never Known Men was her first novel to be translated into English, and was originally published with the title The Mistress of Silence.
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