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The Chateau

The Chateau

by WilliamMaxwell (Author)

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    Paperback 2000

    $3.45

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    Paperback 1995

    $19.64
Synopsis

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.

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More Information

Format: Paperback
 Pages: 416
 Edition: New e.
 Publisher: Vintage Classics
Published: 28 Dec 2000
ISBN 10: 1860468144
ISBN 13: 9781860468148
Book Overview: Maxwell is the unsung hero of American literature. This is a about the charms and disenchantments of travel.

Author Bio
William Maxwell was born in Illinios in 1908. he was the author of a distinguised 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. His novel, So Long, See You Tomorrow won the American Book Award, and he received the PEN/Malamud Award. He died in New York in 2000.