by Jess Walter · Uitgeverij Marmer · tapa blanda · ISBN 9789460681585
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«Schitterende ruïnes» is the literary fiction novel by Jess Walter, published by Uitgeverij Marmer in paperback (410 pages, in Dutch).
In 1962, Pasquale, young owner of the only hotel in a fishing village, sees an ill American actress arrive. Half a century later, an elderly Italian walks into a Hollywood producer's office looking for the woman he could never forget. It is a story of love, chance, and emotional ruins.
Dutch translation by Nicolette Hoekmeijer. This edition was published in 2014; the original work, written in English, was published in 2012. Nominated for the Andrew Carnegie Medal and the Goodreads Choice Awards.
For readers of literary and historical fiction with a romantic thread, and for book clubs.
Jess Walter is an American author of fiction and non-fiction. He has won the Edgar Allan Poe Award, and was a finalist for the National Book Award in 2006.
