by Diane Johnson · Penguin Publishing Group · tapa blanda · ISBN 9780452285637
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«L'Affaire» is the humour and romance novel by Diane Johnson, published by Penguin Publishing Group in paperback (352 pages, in English).
Amy Hawkins, a millionaire from Palo Alto, travels to France seeking sophistication and romance. At a resort in the Alps, an avalanche sweeps away two guests; the heirs of publisher Adrian Venn gather to protect their interests. Amy Hawkins helps out and becomes caught up in legal and family disputes that expose cultural and legal clashes.
The work was originally published in 2003; this edition is a 2004 reprint. Diane Johnson also wrote Le Divorce and Le Mariage.
For readers of romantic comedy and stories of Americans in Europe, with satirical humour and a social-manners tone.
Diane Johnson is an American novelist and essayist whose satirical novels often feature American heroines living in contemporary France. She was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize for her novel Persian Nights in 1988.
