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The Lovers
Vendela Vida
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Description for The Lovers
Paperback. 'I missed a train stop twice on the same journey while reading it. That's how distractingly good it is.' Viv Groskop, Independent on Sunday Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 132 x 196 x 18. Weight in Grams: 228. 240 pages. 'I missed a train stop twice on the same journey while reading it. That's how distractingly good it is.' Viv Groskop, Independent on Sunday. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: FA. Dimension: 132 x 196 x 18. Weight: 228.
'I missed a train stop twice on the same journey while reading it. That's how distractingly good it is.' -- Viv Groskop, Independent on Sunday
Yvonne is newly widowed, her children grown. Hoping to revisit memories of a happier time, she travels to Turkey. Despite the sand and sea, Yvonne's memories of her past are overwhelming and she clings to a newfound friendship with Ahmet, a local boy who makes his living as a shell collector.
With Ahmet as her guide, Yvonne finally begins to enjoy the shimmering waters and relaxed pace of the Turkish coast. ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Atlantic Books
Number of pages
240
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
Number of Pages
240
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781848875210
SKU
V9781848875210
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About Vendela Vida
Vendela Vida is the author of the acclaimed novels And Now You Can Go and Let the Northern Lights Erase Your Name. She is a founding editor of the Believer magazine, and the editor of The Believer Book of Writers Talking to Writers. She lives in the San Francisco Bay Area with her husband and children.
Reviews for The Lovers
Vida is capable of taking the breath away with her cool treatment of the unkind twists of one woman's fate.' Scotland on Sunday 'Thoughtful and evocative... I defy any reader not to cry at the ending' Observer 'Excellent... A moving work on the tumbling, overwhelming emotions.' Independent 'A stingingly acute portrait of grief, a ... Read more