The Chateau

William Maxwell (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

416 Seiten

2012
Vintage Classics (Verlag)
978-0-09-957362-3 (ISBN)

Infos

It is 1948 and a young American couple arrive in France for a holiday, full of anticipation and enthusiasm. But the countryside and people are war-battered, and their reception at the Chateau Beaumesnil is not all the open-hearted Americans could wish for.

Autor

William Maxwell was born in Illinois in 1908. He was the author of a distinguished body of work: six novels, three short story collections, an autobiographical memoir and a collection of literary essays and reviews. A New Yorker editor for forty years, he helped to shape the prose and careers of John Updike, John Cheever, John O'Hara and Eudora Welty. So Long, See You Tomorrow won the American Book Award, and he received the PEN/Malamud Award. He died in New York in 2000.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 1.3.2012
• Verlagsort: London
• Sprache: englisch
• Maße: 129 x 197 mm
• Gewicht: 106 g
• Themenwelt: Literatur ► Klassiker / Moderne Klassiker
• Themenwelt: Literatur ► Romane / Erzählungen
• ISBN-10: 0-09-957362-8 / 0099573628
• ISBN-13: 978-0-09-957362-3 / 9780099573623
• Zustand: Neuware