Simenon: A Biography - Hardcover

Assouline, Pierre

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0679402853 ISBN 13: 9780679402855

Verlag: Alfred a Knopf Inc, 1997

Inhaltsangabe

Looks at the life of author Georges Simenon, from his troubled youth and controversial political activities to his literary rise and association with some of the great cultural icons of his time

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Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor

Pierre Assouline is an editor of the French magazine Lire.

Aus dem Klappentext

ng biography of a man whose life was the stuff of fiction. Numbering more than 400 in all, including the beloved Inspector Maigret stories, Georges Simenon's novels have been translated into 50 languages, with sales exceeding 500 million worldwide. Now, drawing on unprecedented access to Simenon's papers, family and friends, Pierre Assouline gives readers the utterly absorbing story of this tormented and egomaniacal genius of literary mass production. 16-page photo insert.

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: Alfred a Knopf Inc
• Erscheinungsdatum: 1997
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 0679402853
• ISBN 13: 9780679402855
• Einband: Gebundene Ausgabe
• Anzahl der Seiten: 447
• Kontakt zum Hersteller: Knopf; https://knopfdoubleday.com; ; 3 Queen Caroline Street Hammersmith; London; W6 9PE; Vereinigtes Königreich
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