{"product_id":"9781635420456","title":"A Sunday in Ville-d'Avray","description":"By: Dominique Barbéris     \u003chr\u003e\u003cb\u003eIn this subtly haunting novel, a married woman confesses her encounter with a mysterious man, which threatens the stilted calm of life in a Paris suburb.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e Echoing the acclaimed and unsettling film \u003ci\u003eSundays and Cybèle\u003c\/i\u003e from 1962, \u003ci\u003eA Sunday in Ville-d’Avray \u003c\/i\u003eis suffused with the same feeling of disquiet: Two sisters meet as the light is fading in a detached house in Ville-d’Avray, each filled with the memory of their childhood hopes and fears, their insatiable desire for the romantic, for wild landscapes worthy of Jane Eyre, and for a mad love, all concealed beneath the appearance of a sensible life. Claire Marie, considered by most to be a dreamy, passive sort of person, suddenly breaks from the everyday by confiding in her sister about an unlikely meeting in this seemingly peaceful provincial town. To her listener’s amazement, she tells of her wanderings around the Fausses-Reposes forest, the Corot Ponds, and the suburban train stations, and the lurking dangers she encountered there.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn this arresting novel reminiscent of Simenon, Dominique Barbéris explores the great depths of the human soul, troubled like the waters of the ponds.","brand":"Other Press","offers":[{"title":"US - Hardback","offer_id":46829945553123,"sku":"DTRPRUS-9781635420456","price":128.0,"currency_code":"HKD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1778\/4925\/files\/9781635420456.jpg?v=1752447964","url":"https:\/\/buybookbook.com\/zh\/products\/9781635420456","provider":"買書書 BuyBookBook","version":"1.0","type":"link"}