by Nuala O'Faolain · Sabine Wespieser Editeur · tapa blanda · ISBN 9782848050430
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«L'histoire de Chicago May» is the biographical novel by Nuala O'Faolain, published by Sabine Wespieser Editeur in paperback (443 pages, in French).
Nuala O'Faolain recreates the true story of a young Irish woman who fled poverty in 1890 and became famous in the United States as the criminal Chicago May. The story alternates robberies, prisons and music halls with travels through Nebraska, Chicago, New York, Cairo, London and Paris, where she was tried for the theft at the American Express agency.
The original, The Story of Chicago May, was published in 2005; this French edition is translated from English (Ireland) by Vitalie Lemerre. The work won the Prix Femina étranger in 2006.
The book will appeal to readers of biographies, historical fiction and true crime, especially those seeking female figures who defied their era.
Nuala Brigid Anne O'Faolain was an Irish journalist and writer. Her debut memoir, Are You Somebody?, published when she was in her mid-fifties, became a sensation in Ireland and a worldwide bestseller.
