I Wish Someone Were Waiting for Me Somewhere

Anna Gavalda author Catherine Evans translator Karen L Marker translator

Format:Paperback

Publisher:Vintage Publishing

Published:5th Jun '08

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I Wish Someone Were Waiting for Me Somewhere cover

A wonderful collection of stories published together with a poignant novella from the internationally renowned author of Hunting and Gathering.

In those crucial moments Gavalda demonstrates her almost magical skill in conveying love, lust, longing, and loneliness.

Someone I Loved is a hauntingly intimate look at the intolerably painful, yet sometimes valuable consequences that adultery can have on a marriage and the individuals involved.

I Wish Someone Were Waiting For Me Somewhere explores how a life can be changed irrevocably in just one fateful moment. A pregnant mother's plans for the future unravel at the hospital; a travelling salesman learns the consequences of an almost-missed exit on the motorway in the newspaper the next morning; while a perfect date is spoilt by a single act of thoughtlessness. In those crucial moments Gavalda demonstrates her almost magical skill in conveying love, lust, longing, and loneliness.

Someone I Loved is a hauntingly intimate look at the intolerably painful, yet sometimes valuable consequences that adultery can have on a marriage and the individuals involved. A simple tale, yet long in substance, Someone I Loved ends like most great love affairs, forever leaving you wanting just one more moment.

Her books have both wit and a whimsical charm * Sunday Telegraph *
Gavalda sees through ordinary appearances to people's hidden longings... A gifted literary stylist * Vogue *
A distant descendant of Dorothy Parker * Voici *
A collection as tender as it is scathing * Le Monde *

ISBN: 9780099506010

Dimensions: 178mm x 111mm x 20mm

Weight: 188g

352 pages