by Nell Leyshon · Editions Phébus · tapa blanda · ISBN 9782752909824
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«La couleur du lait» is the novel by Nell Leyshon, published by Editions Phébus in paperback (176 pages, in French).
In 1831, Mary, a fifteen-year-old teenager, recounts her hard life in the English countryside of Dorset. Sent to the home of Pastor Graham and his wife, the young woman discovers reading and writing, but also obedience and humiliation: a learning process that leads her to write her own tragic confession.
This French edition, published on August 28, 2014, includes the translation by Karine Lalechère and the subtitle «roman».
Nell Leyshon is a British novelist and award-winning dramatist. She serves on the Advisory Board of the Alpine Fellowship and as the Deputy Chair of Shakespeare's Globe Theatre. She previously served on the Management Committee for the Society of Authors. She is best known for her novel The Colour of Milk, which was translated into multiple languages and has gained international recognition, winning the Prix Interallié in France where it was also shortlisted for the Prix Femina, and voted the book of the year in Spain.
