| L'Affaire Contributor(s): Johnson, Diane (Author) |
|
 |
ISBN: 0452285631 ISBN-13: 9780452285637 Publisher: Plume Books OUR PRICE: $20.90 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: August 2004 Annotation: A story of Americans abroad and the melange of Europeans they encounter, in affairs of both the heart and of business, "L'Affaire" firmly upholds the true comic-literary talent of a writer of whom the "San Francisco Chronicle" wrote, "If one were to cross Jane Austen and Henry James, the result would be Diane Johnson." |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Humorous - General - Fiction | Romance - Contemporary |
| Dewey: FIC |
| LCCN: 2003013725 |
| Physical Information: 0.76" H x 5.32" W x 8" (0.65 lbs) 340 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Johnson is more droll than Henry James, to whom she's been compared, and she's as witty as a modern-day Voltaire. Vraiment, L'Affaire, c'est irresistible "--Publishers Weekly Amy Hawkins, a Palo Alto girl who made herself a dot-com fortune, goes to France to get a sheen of sophistication and, perhaps, to have an affair that will ruffle her all-too-steady heart. She starts her quest in a glamorous resort in the French Alps, amid an assortment of aristocrats and ski enthusiasts. But when two of the hotel's guests are swept away by an avalanche, Adrian's children--young, old, legitimate, illegitimate--assemble to protect their interests, feuding under the competing laws of the British, American, and French systems. Amy, already suspect because she is American, steps in to assist, and unintentionally sets in motion a series of events that spotlight ancient national differences, customs, and laws. Filled with love, sex, death, and travel, L'Affaire is National Book Award finalist Diane Johnson at her very best. |