The American lover : and other stories / Rose Tremain.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Tremain, Rose, author.

Contributor:

Dhiren H. Shah W'82 and Katherine M. Shah Fund.

Standardized Title:

Short stories. Selections

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Short stories--Women authors.

Short stories.

Short stories, English.

Genre:

Short stories, English.

Short stories.

Fiction.

Physical Description:

232 pages : illustration ; 22 cm

Edition:

First American edition 2015, First edition.

Place of Publication:

New York : W. W. Norton & Company, 2015.

Summary:

"Trapped in a London apartment, Beth remembers a transgressive love affair in 1960s Paris. The most famous writer in Russia takes his last breath in a stationmaster's cottage, miles from Moscow. A young woman who is about to marry a rich aristocrat instead begins a torrid relationship with a construction worker. A father, finally free of his daughter's demands, embarks on a long swim from his Canadian lakeside retreat. A middle-aged woman cares for her injured mother at Christmas. And in the grandest house of all, Danni the Polish housekeeper catches the eye of an enigmatic visitor, Daphne du Maurier" -- provided by publisher.

Contents:

The American lover

Captive

The Jester of Astapovo

Extra geography

A view of Lake Superior in the fall

Man in the water

Juliette Greco's black dress

The housekeeper

Smithy

BlackBerry winter

Lucy and Gaston

The closing door

21st-Century Juliet.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Dhiren H. Shah W'82 and Katherine M. Shah Fund.

ISBN:

039324671X

9780393246711

OCLC:

892804066

Publisher Number:

99963112804