Книга: Louise Doughty «Apple Tree Yard»
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Yvonne Carmichael, renowned geneticist, public authority, happily married mother of two, sits in the accused box. The charge is murder. Across the courtroom, not meeting her eye, sits her alleged accomplice. He wears the beautiful pin-striped suit he wore on their first meeting in the Houses of Parliament, when he put his hand on her elbow, guided her to a deserted and ancient chapel, and began to undress her. As the barrister’s voice grows low and sinuous, Yvonne realizes she’s lost herself and the life she’d built so carefully to a man who never existed at all. After their first liaison, Yvonne’s lover tells her very little about himself, but she comes to suspect his secrecy has an explanation connected with the British government. So thrilled and absorbed is she in her newfound sexual power that she fails to notice the real danger about to blindside her from a seemingly innocuous angle. Then, reeling from an act of violence, Yvonne discovers that her desire... Издательство: "Faber&Faber" (2014) Формат: 110x180, 438 стр.
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| Apple Tree Yard | There can`t be a woman alive who hasn`t once realised, in a moment of panic, that she`s in the wrong place at the wrong time with the wrong man. Louise Doughty, more sure-footed with each novel… — Faber&, (формат: 110x180, 448 стр.) Подробнее... | бумажная книга | ||
| Keelatud vilja tänav | Yvonne Carmichaelil on suurepärane karjäär, ilus kodu ja hea abielu. Aga kohtumine võhivõõraga toob kaasa kirgliku kõrvalhüppe. Kahe elu lahus hoidmine näib esmapilgul lihtne. Kuid siis… — Eesti digiraamatute keskus OU, электронная книга Подробнее... | электронная книга |
Louise Doughty
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name = Louise Doughty
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nationality = British
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website = http://www.louisedoughty.com
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Louise Doughty (born 4 September 1963,
In 2006 Doughty wrote a weekly column for the "
Doughty has also presented radio programmes for the BBC on Literature, and is a judge for the 2008 Man Booker Prize.
Bibliography
Novels
* "Crazy Paving", 1995, ISBN 0-671-71879-7
* "Dance with Me", 1996, ISBN 0-684-81652-0
* "Honey-Dew", 1998, ISBN 0-684-82090-0
* "Fires in the Dark", 2003, ISBN 0-7432-2087-0, a novel about the Roma experience in
* "Stone Cradle", 2006, ISBN 0-7432-2089-7, which continues Doughty's exploration of her Roma family background.
Non-fiction
* "A Novel in a Year", 2007, ISBN 978-1847370709
External links
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* [http://louisedoughty.com/ Louise Doughty's personal website]
* [http://my.telegraph.co.uk/louisedoughty Louise Doughty's blog at Telegraph]
Источник: Louise Doughty
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