13 Rue Thérèse
An American in Paris falls in love with two women, one of whom he can only only imagine, in this wonderful debut. As he settles into his new office in Paris, American academic Trevor Stratton discovers a box full of century-old artifacts. The pictures, letters and objects in the box relate to...
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An American in Paris falls in love with two women, one of whom he can only only imagine, in this wonderful debut. As he settles into his new office in Paris, American academic Trevor Stratton discovers a box full of century-old artifacts. The pictures, letters and objects in the box relate to the life of Louise Brunet, a Frenchwoman who lived through both World Wars. Trevor begins to piece together the story of Louise's life: her love for a cousin who died in the war, her marriage to a man who works for her father, and her attraction to a neighbour in her building at 13 rue Therese. As he becomes enamored with the charming, feisty Louise of his imagination, he notices another alluring Frenchwoman, his clerk Josianne, who planted the mysterious box in his office, and with whom he decides he is falling in love.
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Format: hardcover
ISBN:
9780755374229 (0755374223)
Publish date: April 1st 2011
Publisher: Headline Review
Edition language: English
American academic Trevor Stratton discovers a box full of artifacts from World War I as he settles into his new office in Paris. The pictures, letters, and objects in the box relate to the life of Louise Brunet, a feisty, charming Frenchwoman who lived through both World Wars. As Trevor examines and...
This book was lovely and enchanting and mysterious and erotic and truly unique. Jeffrey picked it out for me because he thought it looked like my kind of book. He was right. It's interesting that I read this book back to back with "Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children" because both are inspir...
A very strange story with an awkward writing style. I did like the characters even though at times I wasn't sure who was the narrator. This is one of the most bizarre past/present stories I have ever read.
I wanted to like this book. Clever layout and design. The concept is absolutely genius having pictures as a participating element to the artistry of the writing. The pictures are the story. The problem with the book is that the plot itself is ho hum run of the mill love story.
W G Sebald did this way better with greater finesse and more 'fiction' and certainly didn't happen to have all those material dropped into his lap and then weave such a boring book out of it either.