A lush pointillist novel, first published in 1986 by an eminent
Spanish writer who deftly analyzes the experiences and emotions of
three people attracted to, and transformed by, living in France's
verdant wine country. "Pauline" is an elderly woman tugged back
into life by her involvement in a younger woman's unhappy love
affair. "Entre-Deux-Mers" shows how a boy abandoned by his mother
grows into a man unable to sustain loving relationships. And "The
Capitals of the World" observes with Jamesian precision an American
divorcee whom "love or the search for love" transforms into a
perpetual traveler. Superb psychological portraiture, in a
particularly graceful English translation. (Kirkus Reviews)
"Bordeaux," a shrewd and moving portrayal of life in contemporary
Europe, is the first novel to appear in English by Soledad
Puertolas, one of the most acclaimed writers in Spain today.
A novel that subtly takes the measure of our time, Bordeaux
traces the fates of three people: Pauline Duvivier, an elderly
woman who lives a solitary life in a tranquil suburb of Bordeaux;
Rene Dufour, a Frenchman involved in unfulfilling relationships
with several women; and Lilly Skalnick, a young American woman
traveling in Europe. Their stories, which take place in France and
elsewhere throughout Europe and the United States, intersect in
seemingly random yet revealing ways, gradually forming a complex
social portrait. Unifying all their stories are the themes of
loneliness, restlessness, and the search for meaning in a world in
which neither the past nor the present offers firm answers or
lasting consolations.
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