Rider on the Rain
(Sprache: Englisch)
When a young woman takes justice into her own hands after a horrific attack on the French Riviera, she thinks she has got away with it. But a mysterious stranger at a wedding has other ideas ...
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When a young woman takes justice into her own hands after a horrific attack on the French Riviera, she thinks she has got away with it. But a mysterious stranger at a wedding has other ideas ...
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Described as 'the Graham Greene of France' by The Independent, cult French noir writer Japrisot brings us a stylish thriller about revenge.'A magician who lays out the truth on the page' Le Monde
The bus never stops in Le Cap-des-Pins. Not in autumn, when the small Riviera resort is deserted. Except today, when a man with a red bag and a disconcerting stare steps out into the rain.
His arrival will throw the life of young housewife Mellie Mau into disarray. After surviving a horrific attack, she has a dark secret to hide. But a stranger at a wedding, the enigmatic American Harry Dobbs, is determined to get the truth out of her, leading her into a game of cat and mouse with dangerous consequences ...
A cool, twisty thriller from cult French noir writer Sébastien Japrisot.
Autoren-Porträt von Sébastien Japrisot
Sébastien Japrisot (4 July 1931 - 4 March 2003) was a French author, screenwriter and film director, born in Marseille. His pseudonym was an anagram of Jean-Baptiste Rossi, his real name. Japrisot has been nicknamed "the Graham Greene of France". One Deadly Summer was made into a film starring Isabelle Adjani in 1983. A Very Long Engagement was an international bestseller, won the Prix Interallié and was later also made into a film starring Audrey Tatou in 2004. Linda Coverdale is the translator of Japrisot's 'A Very Long Engagement'. She has also translated the works of Roland Barthes.
Bibliographische Angaben
- Autor: Sébastien Japrisot
- 2021, 208 Seiten, Masse: 13,1 x 19,9 cm, Kartoniert (TB), Englisch
- Übersetzer: Linda Coverdale
- Verlag: Gallic Books
- ISBN-10: 1913547132
- ISBN-13: 9781913547134
- Erscheinungsdatum: 23.07.2021
Sprache:
Englisch
Pressezitat
Praise for Sébastien JaprisotJaprisot writes with warmth and has a gift for rendering almost every character instantly likable' New Yorker
'A magician who lays out the truth on the page' Le Monde
'With an instantly recognisable style and great story-telling techniques, he might be called the Graham Greene of France' The Independent
'The most welcome talent since the early Simenons' New York Times
'Utterly captivating' The Guardian
'A cordon bleu mixture of suspense, sex, trick psychology and fast action' Publishers Weekly
'Diabolically clever' Anita Brookner, author of Hotel du Lac
'Japrisot holds a unique place in contemporary fiction. With the quality and originality of his writing, he has hugely contributed to breaking down the barrier between crime fiction and literary fiction' Le Monde
'A marvellous storyteller' Télérama
'Unreeled with the taut, confident shaping of a grand master ... Funny, awful, first-rate. A rich and resonant sonata in black, astutely suspended between mythic tragedy and the grubby pathos of nagging everyday life' Kirkus Reviews
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