Isabelle in the Afternoon

*Before Isabelle I knew nothing of sex.* *Before Isabelle I knew nothing of freedom.* *Before Isabelle I knew nothing of life.* Paris in the early seventies. Sam, an American student, meets a woman in a bookshop. Isabelle is enigmatic, beautiful, older and, unlike Sam, experienced in love’s many contradictions. Sam is instantly smitten — but wary of the wedding ring on her finger. What begins as a regular arrangement in Isabelle’s tiny Parisian apartment transforms into a true affair of the heart, and one which lasts for decades to come. *Isabelle in the Afternoon* is a novel that questions what we seek, what we find, what we settle for — and shows how love, when not lived day in, day out, can become the passion of a lifetime.

Year

2020

Language

English

Publisher

Hutchinson

Editions

9

Pages

352

ISBN

9780091953744

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