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One hour of fervor
| Title | One hour of fervor |
| Names | Barbery, Muriel. |
| Anderson, Alison. Translator |
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| Book Number | DB122803 |
| Title Status | In Process |
| Medium | Digital Book |
| Annotation | "From the best-selling author of The Elegance of the Hedgehog comes a story of one man's promise to keep a secret that will keep him at a remove from the greatest joy in his life. One night at a party of artists and intellectuals in Kyoto, Japanese art dealer Haru encounters a woman who unsettles him more than anyone else ever has and he is compelled to know her. Maud, a French woman passing through Japan, is distant. Her cold gaze challenges any exchange, yet she is drawn to Haru. After spending ten intense nights together, Maud leaves without a word. When he learns that she is carrying his child, Haru is determined to find her. But his advances are unwelcome. Maud wants to raise the child alone, and extracts a heartbreaking promise from him to stay out of their lives. In her poetically precise prose, Muriel Barbery explores beauty and the deep love of a father, but also captures the darkness that pushes people apart." -- From publisher's website. -- Translated from the original French edition. |
| Local Subject | Family Story (Single Generation) - FST |
| Fiction - Human Relationships - HMRF | |
| Literature - French literature - L-FRE | |
| Translated Material - TRM | |
| Audience Notes | Adult Level |
| LC Subject | Families - Fiction |
| Fathers and daughters - Fiction |
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| Man-woman relationships - Fiction |
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| Promises - Fiction |
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| Psychological fiction |
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| Fiction |
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| Novels |
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| Language | English |