Книга: N. M. Kelby «White Truffles in Winter»
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Auguste Escoffier (1846-1935) was the unparalleled French chef whose impact on restaurants and high cuisine is still with us. He was also a complicated man-kind yet imperious, food obsessed yet rarely hungry, capable of great passion and inscrutable reserve. In this lushly imagined new novel, N. M. Kelby transports us into Escoffier's private world, weaving a sensual story of food and longing, war and romance. The novel opens near the end of Escoffier's life, as he writes his memoirs. He has witnessed a tumultuous sweep of history from a unique position, and he recounts his days as a cook in the Franco-Prussian War, a chef for the beau monde in Paris and at the London's Savoy, and a confidant of royalty and world leaders. The heart of Escoffier's story, however, lies in his love for two very different women: the famously beautiful and reckless actress Sarah Bernhardt, one of the most adored women of her day, and his wife, the independent and sublime poet Delphine Daffis,... Издательство: "Alma Books" (2012) Формат: 130x200, 320 стр.
ISBN: 978-1-84688-247-0 Купить за 999 руб на Озоне |
N. M. Kelby
N. M.Kelby (Nicole Mary Kelby) is an American short-story and novel writer.
Brought up in Florida, Kelby has worked as a reporter, editor and educator. Initially a playwright, she later turned to novels and short stories. She is the author of Murder at the Bad Girl’s Bar and Grill, Whale Season, In the Company of Angels, and Theater of the Stars.
Her short stories have appeared in many publications including Zoetrope All-Story Extra, One Story, Minnesota Monthly, Verb, and The Mississippi Review. One was recorded by actress Joanne Woodward for the NPR CD Travel Tales, and included in New Stories from the South: Best of 2006.
Kelby has been the recipient of a Bush Artist Fellowship in Literature, the Heekin Group Foundation’s James Fellowship for the Novel, both a Florida and Minnesota State Arts Board Fellowship in fiction, two Jerome Travel Study Grants, and a Jewish Arts Endowment Fellowship. She was named "Outstanding Southern Artist" by The Southern Arts Federation and her work has been translated into several languages. She has been a Pirate’s Alley Faulkner Award finalist for fiction three times and placed twice in the Nelson Algren Award for the Short Story.
Kelby took part in a month-long cultural exchange at Tyrone Guthrie Centre in County Monaghan, Ireland and will be the Artist-in-Residence at the Santa Fe Art Institute in May 2008.
Kelby is working on the movie version of Whale Season along with actor/singer/songwriter Dwight Yoakam.
N.M. Kelby's books have been reviewed in Entertainment Weekly, New York Times Book Review, San Francisco Chronicle, Minneapolis Star Tribune, Atlantic Monthly, Baltimore Sun, Publisher's Weekly, New York Post, New York Times Sunday Book Review, Kirkus Reviews and The Philadelphia Inquirer.
Select Works
- White Truffles in Winter, W. W. Norton & Company, 2011
References
N. M. Kelby's Official Website
New York Times book review for In the Company of Angels
New York Times book review for Whale Season
San Francisco Chronicle review of Theater of the Stars
Minneapolis Star Tribune interview
N. M. Kelby resume
N.M. Kelby Bio
- Living people
- American short story writers
- American novelists
Источник: N. M. Kelby
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