An edition of The misunderstanding (2013)

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An edition of The misunderstanding (2013)

The misunderstanding

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"Yves Harteloup is a disappointed young man, old money fallen on hard times, who returns for the summer to the rich, comfortable Atlantic resort of Hendaye, where he spent idyllic childhood holidays. He becomes infatuated by a beautiful young woman, Denise, whose rich husband is often away on business. Yves seduces Denise and leaves her intensely, jealously in love, as he returns to the office at the end of the summer. Yet in the mournful Paris autumn their love flounders. As Denise is driven mad with desire and suspicion, Yves seems to back off emotionally and, suffocated by her passion, he asks her to leave him alone for a while. This moment of misunderstanding is the turning point: he believes she has understood his needs, but beneath the surface she is delirious with anguish, now mixed with a sour bitterness. With a biting satirical eye and a characteristic perception for the fault lines in human relationships, Irène Némirovsky's first novel shows sure signs of the brilliant novelist she was later to become." --Amazon.com.

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Shortlist
Language
English

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The misunderstanding
2013, Vintage Books
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2013, Shortlist
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Edition Notes

Translated from the French.

Published in
Bath

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
843.912

The Physical Object

Pagination
pages cm

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL37014280M
Internet Archive
misunderstanding0000nemi_w5l4
ISBN 10
1471348946
ISBN 13
9781471348945
OCLC/WorldCat
859183500

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Yves Harteloup, scarred by war, is a disappointed young man who returns for the summer to the rich, comfortable Atlantic resort of Hendaye. He becomes infatuated by the beautiful, bored, Denise, whose husband is away on business. Intoxicated by summer nights and Yves' intensity, Denise falls passionately in love.

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