Un voyage nommé désir | Frédérique-Sophie Braize

EAN : 9782258193482

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Pages : 480

Size : 140 x 225 mm

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A Journey named desire

Frédérique-Sophie Braize

Collection : Terres de France

Release date : 21/01/2021

1917. The fortuitous arrival of an Italian soldier in a village high up in the Alps will transform, for the better, the destiny of three women. And sow in their minds a breath of freedom to overcome the shortcomings of their patriarchal society.

Up there, on the Savoyard mountain pasture where they are supposed to stay until the summer ends, three women meet Vincenzo, an Italian soldier on leave. The oldest, Péroline, is a mother, who has not heard from her boorish husband for three years. The pious Anne-Céleste has only received a... Up there, on the Savoyard mountain pasture where they are supposed to stay until the summer ends, three women meet Vincenzo, an Italian soldier on leave. The oldest, Péroline, is a mother, who has not heard from her boorish husband for three years. The pious Anne-Céleste has only received a very cryptic letter from her fiancé sent on the battlefront. The pretty Rose, who is old enough to marry, has to look after her orphan siblings. All three of them are in need of strong arms to do their work during the day and... to embrace their bodies at night. In the Alps, in the heat of August, the desire to live in this small community deprived of men becomes obvious. The enigmatic attitude of the Italian, at once a seductive adventurer and a consoling soul, will release the destiny of the three tormented friends - one from a violent husband, one from a priest, one from the weight of duty -, swept away in the turmoil of History (and the most incredible story of the theft of the Mona Lisa from the Louvre in 1911!). But also at the heart of women’s desire...

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EAN : 9782258193482

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Pages : 480

Size : 140 x 225 mm

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