I Love You Too Much
Autor Alicia Drakeen Limba Engleză Hardback – 22 ian 2018
Iknew
I
was
in
Paris,
I
knew
that
was
the
Seine
beneath
me,
the
sky
above,
but
when
I
looked
around
for
help,
the
grand
apartment
buildings
of
the
Quai
Voltaire
stared
back
at
me,
indifferent.
Alicia Drake, author of the critically acclaimed biographyThe Beautiful Fall, evokes contemporary life in the City of Lightslavishness of Edward St. Aubyn and the sophistication of Julia Pierpont'sAmong Ten Thousand Things.I Love You Too Muchis a novel of extraordinary intelligence and heart, a devastating coming of age story told from the sidelines of Parisian perfection.
In the sixth arrondissement everything is perfect and everyone is lonely. This is the Paris of thirteen-year-old Paul. Shy and unloved, he quietly observes the lives of the self-involved grown-ups around him: his glamorous Maman, Séverine, her younger musician lover, Gabriel, and his fitness-obsessed Papa, Philippe. Always overlooked, it's only a matter of time before Paul witnesses something that he's not supposed to see...
Seeking solace in an unlikely friendship with rebellious classmate Scarlett and succumbing to the temptation of the numerous patisseries in his elegant neighborhood, Paul searches for unconditional love. But what will he do if he can't find it?
Alicia Drake, author of the critically acclaimed biographyThe Beautiful Fall, evokes contemporary life in the City of Lightslavishness of Edward St. Aubyn and the sophistication of Julia Pierpont'sAmong Ten Thousand Things.I Love You Too Muchis a novel of extraordinary intelligence and heart, a devastating coming of age story told from the sidelines of Parisian perfection.
In the sixth arrondissement everything is perfect and everyone is lonely. This is the Paris of thirteen-year-old Paul. Shy and unloved, he quietly observes the lives of the self-involved grown-ups around him: his glamorous Maman, Séverine, her younger musician lover, Gabriel, and his fitness-obsessed Papa, Philippe. Always overlooked, it's only a matter of time before Paul witnesses something that he's not supposed to see...
Seeking solace in an unlikely friendship with rebellious classmate Scarlett and succumbing to the temptation of the numerous patisseries in his elegant neighborhood, Paul searches for unconditional love. But what will he do if he can't find it?
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Specificații
ISBN-13: 9780316553209
ISBN-10: 0316553204
Pagini: 224
Dimensiuni: 165 x 248 x 25 mm
Greutate: 0.41 kg
Editura: Little, Brown and Company
Colecția Little Brown and Company
ISBN-10: 0316553204
Pagini: 224
Dimensiuni: 165 x 248 x 25 mm
Greutate: 0.41 kg
Editura: Little, Brown and Company
Colecția Little Brown and Company
Notă biografică
Brought
up
in
Liverpool,
Alicia
Drake
was
educated
at
Cambridge
University.
She
went
to
Paris
for
six
months
and
stayed
for
eighteen
years.
There
she
worked
as
a
writer
and
fashion
journalist
and
had
five
children.
She
is
the
author
ofThe
Beautiful
Fall,a
book
of
narrative
nonfiction
about
Paris
fashion
and
creativity
in
the
1970s.
She
returned
to
the
UK
recently
and
now
lives
in
the
countryside
with
her
husband
and
children.I
Love
You
Too
Muchis
her
first
novel.
Recenzii
"An
astute
and
poignant
portrait
of
adolescence".—People
'Memorable,heartfelt...poignant and uplifting'—Publisher's Weekly
"a dark coming-of-age story that will break yourheart - and not let you forget it."—Hello Giggles
"In hercompelling fiction debut, Drake, a formerly longtime Paris resident... craftsPaul's hometown with a true insider's care, and she believably narrates as aboy resisting the confining forces of his self-involved parents' narrow pathsand stingily shared love for him."—Booklist
"Not often do you come across a protagonist who you want to hug and shield from the world. Drake creates a character who is sure to bring out the maternal instinct in every reader."—Janice MacLeod, author of theNew York TimesbestsellerParis Letters
"I Love You Too Muchis an atmospheric deep diveinto longing, betrayal, and the shattered illusions of youth. Alicia Drake'sParis is haunting, and her writing soars."
—Charlotte Rogan, author ofNow and Again
"Alicia Drake's beautifully written tale of an adolescent French boy adrift between divorced, narcissistic parents feels like theenfant naturelof Henry James'sWhat Maisie Knewand Deborah Levy'sSwimming Home. Her depiction of contemporary well-heeled Parisian life is so spot on, you might be in the sixth arrondissement watching kids spill out of school, lighting their cigarettes and lining up to buy pain au chocolat at the corner boulangerie. I couldn't put it down."—Anne Korkeakivi, author ofShining Sea
"A timely look at the carnage caused by parental narcissism. Funny, waspish, astute,l Love You Too Muchis a heart breaking tale from the tubby sidelines of Parisian perfection."—Denise Mina, author ofThe Long Drop
'Memorable,heartfelt...poignant and uplifting'—Publisher's Weekly
"a dark coming-of-age story that will break yourheart - and not let you forget it."—Hello Giggles
"In hercompelling fiction debut, Drake, a formerly longtime Paris resident... craftsPaul's hometown with a true insider's care, and she believably narrates as aboy resisting the confining forces of his self-involved parents' narrow pathsand stingily shared love for him."—Booklist
"Not often do you come across a protagonist who you want to hug and shield from the world. Drake creates a character who is sure to bring out the maternal instinct in every reader."—Janice MacLeod, author of theNew York TimesbestsellerParis Letters
"I Love You Too Muchis an atmospheric deep diveinto longing, betrayal, and the shattered illusions of youth. Alicia Drake'sParis is haunting, and her writing soars."
—Charlotte Rogan, author ofNow and Again
"Alicia Drake's beautifully written tale of an adolescent French boy adrift between divorced, narcissistic parents feels like theenfant naturelof Henry James'sWhat Maisie Knewand Deborah Levy'sSwimming Home. Her depiction of contemporary well-heeled Parisian life is so spot on, you might be in the sixth arrondissement watching kids spill out of school, lighting their cigarettes and lining up to buy pain au chocolat at the corner boulangerie. I couldn't put it down."—Anne Korkeakivi, author ofShining Sea
"A timely look at the carnage caused by parental narcissism. Funny, waspish, astute,l Love You Too Muchis a heart breaking tale from the tubby sidelines of Parisian perfection."—Denise Mina, author ofThe Long Drop