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The Alphonse Courrier Affair (Panther S.)

The Alphonse Courrier Affair (Panther S.)

by Marta Morazzoni (Author), Marta Morazzoni (Author), Emma Rose (Translator)

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    Paperback 2001

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Synopsis

Alphonse Courrier possesses all the might reasonably make a man content: a prosperous ironmonger's business and a position of respect in his Auvergne village, a dutiful, coolly beautiful wife who runs an irreproachable household, two healthy sons, and a hidden mistress - "the ugliest girl in the village but probably the happiest". Prying eyes and wagging tongues, however, are the life force in a small community, and though Courrier thinks he can play the village gossips with the same skill he brings to the card table, life has a way of dealing the hand you least expect ...

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Format: Paperback
 Pages: 176
 Edition: New e.
 Publisher: Vintage
Published: 30 Aug 2001
ISBN 10: 1860469442
ISBN 13: 9781860469442
Book Overview: 'A stunning anatomy of passion, selfishness and sacrifice... a masterpiece' - Independent Winner of the Independent Foreign Fiction Award.
 Prizes: Winner of Independent Foreign Fiction Award 2001 and Arts Council of England Independent Foreign Fiction Prize 2001.

Media Reviews
Marta Morazzoni is a writer of great refinement... sharply focused on individual characters caught in the web of fate and history * New York Times *
Marta Morazzoni's devastating novel, set in a tiny French village, is fast-paced, gripping and resonant with emotions usually associated with Greek tragedy -- Patricia Duncker * New Statesman *
Marta Morazzoni's cool, clever but tragic intrigue... deftly strips away the veils of delusion that cloak polite society in turn-of-the-century provincial France -- Boyd Tonkin * Independent *
A profound and haunting epitaph -- Amanda Hopkinson * Independent on Sunday *
Reminiscent of Francois Mauriac's unsparing dramatisations of passions held in check until they inevitably, catastrophcially erupt... Morazzoni's best book yet * Kirkus Reviews *
Author Bio
Marta Morazzoni was born in Milan in 1950. She teaches literature in a secondary school. She has written three novels and a volume of short stories, Girl in a Turban, described by The Times as subtle, ironic, an altogether outstanding collection of stories . The Alphonse Courrier Affair was the winner of the prestigious Campiello Prize and the Independent Foreign Fiction Award, which is awarded to the author and translator jointly. Emma Rose won the John Florio prize with the first book she translated, Marta Morazzoni's novel His Mother's House.