by Joanne Harris · Black Swan · tapa blanda · ISBN 9780552998833
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«Five Quarters of the Orange» is the historical fiction novel by Joanne Harris, published by Black Swan in paperback (432 pages, in English).
In a French village on the banks of the Loire, Framboise, a reserved widow, runs a crêperie and hides a past linked to the German occupation. When her nephew tries to exploit the recipes inherited from her mother, a woman scorned by the neighbours, memories surface of a childhood marked by war and a secret she has reinvented to survive.
Standalone novel by Joanne Harris, also author of «Chocolat». Originally published in 2001 and reprinted by Black Swan in 2002.
For readers of literary fiction and historical novels set in France during the Second World War.
Joanne Michèle Sylvie Harris is a British author, best known for her 1999 novel Chocolat, which was adapted into a film of the same name. Born in Barnsley, Yorkshire, of a French mother and a British father, she was a teacher of French for 15 years and had published three novels during this period before the surprise success of Chocolat enabled her to write full time. Since then she has written over 30 books in a number of genres, including fantasy, psychological thriller, novellas, short stories and non-fiction. Harris' books often feature themes of women's empowerment, folklore, motherhood, community, outsiders and outcasts, and food.
