by Jess Walter · Fleuve Noir · tapa blanda · ISBN 9782265098428
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«De si jolies ruines» is the novel by Jess Walter, published by Fleuve Noir in paperback (455 pages, in French).
In 1962, American actress Dee Moray arrives in Porto Vergogna, a coastal village in Italy, after a medical diagnosis during the filming of Cleopatra. Her encounter with Pasquale Tursi, owner of the only inn, begins a fifty-year ensemble story that runs from the sixties to present-day Hollywood, with broken dreams and second chances.
French translation by Jean Esch. The original work, published in 2012, was nominated for the Andrew Carnegie Medal in the fiction category and for the Goodreads Choice Award.
Suitable for book clubs and for readers of contemporary and historical fiction who appreciate ensemble stories about cinema and the passage of time.
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.
