The Palace of Tears: A Reverie - Hardcover

Croutier, Alev Lytle

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0385334885 ISBN 13: 9780385334884

Publisher: Dell Pub Co, 2000

Synopsis

In 1868 Paris, Casimir de ChGteauneuf, a successful vinter, becomes obsessed with a disturbing but beautiful dream and begins to search for the woman from his subconscious whose eyes captured his heart. 25,000 first printing.

About this title

Review:

"Each chapter glows like a small, precious jewel."
-- The Washington Post

"Alev Croutier's grown-up fairy tale, with its strangely mesmerizing events, operates in a wonderful space between story and history and lures the reader into that place directly."
-- Diane Johnson, author of Le Mariage

"A beautiful little book ... like a rare perfume or an exquisite painting, it commands our complete, rapt attention."
-- Roanoke Times

"This is an enchanting tale of love: a man dreams of a woman while she dreams of a man who is dreaming of her. It reminds me of Silk by Alessandro Baricco, and One Thousand and One Nights, but Alev Croutier has a voice of her own, soft and poetic, like music in a Turkish garden."
-- Isabel Allende, author of Daughter of Fortune

About the Author:

Alev Croutier was born in Turkey. She has written and directed award-winning independent films and was awarded a Guggenheim Fellowship (the first ever for a screenplay) for her work on Tell Me a Riddle. She is the author of the internationally acclaimed bestseller Harem: The World Behind the Veil. She divides her time between San Francisco and Paris

About this edition

• Publisher: Dell Pub Co
• Publication date: 2000
• ISBN 10: 0385334885
• ISBN 13: 9780385334884
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 171