作品情報

恋と映画と人種の視線がぶつかり合う。

恋愛の陶酔と偏見のまなざしを、映画的な語り口で押し広げる作品。

書籍情報

出版社

Text Pub Co

発売日

2016-10-11

ページ数

260ページ

言語

英語

サイズ

15.24 x 1.91 x 23.5 cm

ISBN-13

9781925240917

ISBN-10

1925240916

カテゴリ

洋書/Mystery & Thrillers/Thrillers/Psychological & Suspense

'As a chronicle of the humiliations and occasional joys of loving someone whose own feelings are more ambiguous...it feels queasily accurate...A sometimes biting, often sharply observed take on a relationship one would surely rather read about than be part of.'— Kirkus '[Readers will] find themselves enchanted by Darrieussecq&;s silken, dreamy prose and this sly exploration of female desire and interracial couplings.'— Booklist 'There are few writers who may have changed my perception of the world, but Darrieussecq is one of them.'— Times 'Anyone who has experienced heartbreak will relate but should beware because this is a moody, powerful book.'— The Age Solange is thirty-something, a mediocre actress, and not a great mother. In Hollywood she falls for a charismatic actor, Kouhouesso, who wants to direct a movie of Joseph Conrad's Heart of Darkness —in Africa. Solange follows her man to Africa, determined to play a main role in both his film and his affections. But nothing goes to plan in this witty examination of romance, movie-making and clichés about race relations. After all, there's no guarantee you'll be loved by the one you love.

Marie Darrieussecq was born in 1969 in Bayonne, France. Her debut novel, Pig Tales , was published in 34 countries and became the most popular first novel in France since the 1950s. A Brief Stay with the Living and White have also been translated into English.

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