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Isabel arrives in Paris to find that her sister's French husband has just walked out, leaving her sister pregnant. While she finds herself seduced by gourmet food, antiques and older men, her sister's marriage disintegrates into wrangles over money in this social comedy.
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"Stylish... refreshing... a genuinely wise and humane novel."--The New York Times Book Review "A modern collision of French and American mores begins in near farce but ends in tragedy in Johnson's bright, unsparing novel... Johnson is especially good at catching the class-bound, cool, utter self- assurance of the French upper classes, and the determinedly frank, aggressive innocence of their American counterparts... A shrewd, carefully detailed portrait of the ways in which Americans and the French continue to romanticize, denigrate, and misapprehend each other, contained in a well-paced, believably dramatic narrative."--Kirkus Reviews "Social comedy at its best."--Los Angeles Times Book Review "One savors each page... If one were to cross Jane Austen and Henry James, the result would be Diane Johnson."--San Francisco Chronicle
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Isabel Walker, a young, not-so-innocent American abroad, arrives in Paris to find that her sister's French husband ('the frog prince') has just walked out. While Isabel embarks on her own sentimental education - seduced by gourmet food, antiques, existentialism and an older man - her sister's marriage disintegrates into bitter Franco-American wrangles over money, titles and a mysterious painting. With a sharp tongue and an ironic eye for the foibles of the Parisian bourgeoisie, the French art world and American ex-patriots, Isabel is a collector of experience, even those she can't control.
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- PublisherChatto & Windus
- Publication date1997
- ISBN 10 0701166169
- ISBN 13 9780701166168
- BindingHardcover
- Number of pages308
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Le Divorce: a Comedy of Love and Deception in Paris
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Chatto & Windus Limited, London
(1997)
ISBN 10: 0701166169
ISBN 13: 9780701166168
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Book Description Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Second printing of the scarce British edition. DJ shows edgewear but no nicks, creases or tears. Generalized scuffing and discoloration does make it look used however. Page edges and margins yellowing with no other marks. Square and tight binding. In Le Divorce, Diane Johnson delightfully recounts the adventures of two sisters from California who make a modern pilgrimage to the City of Light.Pregnant and abandoned by her French husband, Roxeanne Walker de Persand turns to her younger sister, Isabel, for support, while the powerful Persand family exerts subtle but firm control over her decision whether or not to divorce. Complicating matters is the disposition of a family heirloom, a painting in Roxy's possession that is suddenly discovered to be worth millions. In the midst of a variety of schemes, the stakes are suddenly raised by a crime of passion, disrupting everyone's motives and plans.Not since Edith Wharton penned her brilliant portraits of Americans abroad has an American novelist so perfectly captured the possibilities and perils of succumbing to the allure of Paris. ISBN 0701166169. Book. Seller Inventory # 9292
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Le Divorce
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London: Chatto & Windus
(1997)
ISBN 10: 0701166169
ISBN 13: 9780701166168
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Book Description Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. 1st U.K. edition. Book is unread; pages lightly tanned as usual; unclipped DJ shows some light overall wear. Autographed by Johnson on title page. A surprisingly uncommon British edition of Johnson's commercial breakthrough novel, particularly signed. 5-1/2 x 8-3/4". 308 pages. Signed by Author(s). Seller Inventory # 2709
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