by Elizabeth Jane Howard · La Table Ronde · libro de bolsillo · ISBN 9791037107336
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«Une saison à Hydra» is the novel by Elizabeth Jane Howard, published by La Table Ronde in paperback (544 pages, in French).
Emmanuel Joyce, a successful playwright, seeks an actress for his new play on Broadway. Failing to find candidates, he travels to the Greek island of Hydra with his wife Lillian, his agent Jimmy, and Alberta, his young secretary, to train her as an actress. Lillian fears Emmanuel will fall in love with Alberta; the summer will change their lives.
Translation by Cécile Arnaud, with a foreword by Sybille Bedford; the original English text, «The Sea Change», dates from 1959.
For readers of literary fiction and character-driven novels, with theatre, marriage, and a summery Greece as backdrop.
Elizabeth Jane Howard, was an English novelist. She wrote 15 novels including the best-selling series The Cazalet Chronicle.
