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One hour of fervor / Muriel Barbery ; translated from the French by Alison Anderson.

by Barbery, Muriel, 1969-

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Europa Editions, 2024.

Fathers and daughters -- Fiction.

Man-woman relationships -- Fiction.

Promises -- Fiction.

9798889660040 (hc.)

Une heure de ferveur. English.

213 p. ; 22 cm.

"A novel"--Cover.

Translated from the French.

"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.

French fiction -- Translations into English.

Psychological fiction.

Anderson, Alison.

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