by Anita Brookner · tapa blanda · ISBN 9782213644233
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«Étrangers» is the novel by Anita Brookner, published by Fayard in paperback (270 pages, in French).
Paul Sturgis, a lonely seventy-two-year-old retiree, fills his days walking around London and escapes Christmas by taking refuge in Venice. There he meets Vicky Gardner, recently divorced; then Sarah, an old flame, reappears. Both women confront him with his solitude and his desire for company, and push him to decide how to spend the rest of his life.
Novel translated from English by Françoise du Sorbier; its original title is «Strangers» (2009). It was nominated for the James Tait Black Memorial Prize and the Dublin Literary Award.
Will appeal to readers of intimate and contemporary fiction, particularly those seeking stories about isolation and the later stage of life.
Anita Brookner was an English novelist and art historian. She was Slade Professor of Fine Art at the University of Cambridge from 1967 to 1968 and was the first woman to hold this visiting professorship. She was awarded the 1984 Booker–McConnell Prize for her novel Hotel du Lac.
