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An Exclusive Love
Johanna Adorján
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Description for An Exclusive Love
Hardcover. One Sunday morning in October, Istvan and his wife Vera start their day as usual. They tidy their house; Vera makes a festive cake to put in the freezer and cuts fresh roses for a vase in the living room. That evening, after nearly fifty years of marriage, they lie down in the bed that they share and take their own lives. Translator(s): Bell, Anthea. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: BM; HBTZ1; WQY. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 147 x 224 x 20. Weight in Grams: 318.
One Sunday morning in October, István and his wife Vera start their day as usual. They tidy their house; Vera makes a festive cake to put in the freezer and cuts fresh roses for a vase in the living room. That evening, after nearly fifty years of marriage, they lie down in the bed that they share and take their own lives. Having survived the tumult of twentieth-century Europe and after raising a family together, they could not accept the words 'until death do us part'. Vera and István met at a recital in Budapest in 1940, and ... Read more
One Sunday morning in October, István and his wife Vera start their day as usual. They tidy their house; Vera makes a festive cake to put in the freezer and cuts fresh roses for a vase in the living room. That evening, after nearly fifty years of marriage, they lie down in the bed that they share and take their own lives. Having survived the tumult of twentieth-century Europe and after raising a family together, they could not accept the words 'until death do us part'. Vera and István met at a recital in Budapest in 1940, and ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Vintage United Kingdom
Number of pages
192
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
Weight
318g
Number of Pages
192
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781846554544
SKU
V9781846554544
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Usually ships in 7 to 11 working days
Ref
99-50
About Johanna Adorján
Johanna Adorján is editor of the culture section of the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung. This is her first book.
Reviews for An Exclusive Love
"Wonderful, extraordinary"
Judith Kerr "I was very much moved by An Exclusive Love - such clarity of thought and feeling. What I think of Anthea Bell as a translator is little short of reverence, after what she did for W. G. Sebald: one trusts her absolutely, so I know for sure that Johanna Adorján writes with beautiful precision ... Read more
Judith Kerr "I was very much moved by An Exclusive Love - such clarity of thought and feeling. What I think of Anthea Bell as a translator is little short of reverence, after what she did for W. G. Sebald: one trusts her absolutely, so I know for sure that Johanna Adorján writes with beautiful precision ... Read more