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About the Author

Helen Stevenson grew up in South Yorkshire and studied modern languages at Oxford. She is a translator. She lives in London, England.

Obras por Helen Stevenson

Mad Elaine (1998) 19 exemplares
Love Like Salt (2016) 9 exemplares
Pierrot Lunaire (1995) 3 exemplares
Windfall (1996) 3 exemplares
Balancing 1 exemplar
Black Moses 1 exemplar

Associated Works

Food for Free (1972) — Editor — 361 exemplares
Broken Glass (2005) — Tradutor, algumas edições241 exemplares
Memoirs of a Porcupine (2006) — Tradutor, algumas edições181 exemplares
My Phantom Husband (1998) — Tradutor, algumas edições145 exemplares
The Missing Piece: A Novel (2002) — Tradutor, algumas edições88 exemplares
Jealousy: The Other Life of Catherine M. (2008) — Tradutor, algumas edições77 exemplares
The Lights of Pointe-Noire (2011) — Tradutor, algumas edições76 exemplares
The Death of Comrade President: A Novel (2018) — Tradutor, algumas edições48 exemplares

Etiquetado

Conhecimento Comum

Sexo
female
Nacionalidade
UK
País (no mapa)
England
Locais de residência
London, England, UK
Ocupações
novelist
translator

Membros

Críticas

Subtitle: Life and Love in a French Town. This is a memoir of the author’s experiences as a young British expatriate living in a village near the Spanish border.

Her writing is very atmospheric and I really felt as if I were in the French countryside. I loved the way she described certain people or scenes: “ …she had the face of someone put together by a police artist.” But I have to admit I was somewhat frustrated by her head-over-heels feeling for Luc – cowboy, painter, dentist and lothario. He was bad news from the beginning and I never understood the attraction for her. Still it was a charming read and it made me want to experience this kind of village life for myself.
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BookConcierge | Jan 13, 2016 |

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Estatísticas

Obras
10
Also by
8
Membros
156
Popularidade
#134,405
Avaliação
½ 3.5
Críticas
1
ISBN
20
Línguas
3

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