There's a lot about Joan-Marc that his estranged second wife doesn't know. But in Divorce is in the Air he now sets out to tell her. He begins with the failure of his first marriage to an American woman named Helen, describing a holiday they took in a last-ditch attempt to salvage their once passionate relationship. The recollection of this ill-fated trip triggers a series of flashbacks through which he tells his life story, hopscotching between Barcelona and Madrid. Starting from pivotal scences in his childhood - his ...
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There's a lot about Joan-Marc that his estranged second wife doesn't know. But in Divorce is in the Air he now sets out to tell her. He begins with the failure of his first marriage to an American woman named Helen, describing a holiday they took in a last-ditch attempt to salvage their once passionate relationship. The recollection of this ill-fated trip triggers a series of flashbacks through which he tells his life story, hopscotching between Barcelona and Madrid. Starting from pivotal scences in his childhood - his earliest sexual encounters, his father's suicide, his mother's emotional decline - he moves through the years to the origin of his relationship with Helen and the circumstances surrounding its deterioration. The result is an unapologetic exploration of memory, nostalgia, romance, the ways in which the past takes hold-a powerful portrait of a man struggling with his illusions about life and love.
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New. Joan-Marc's out of work, he's alone, he has a heart condition, his mother's addicted to pills, he can't stand his sister. Otherwise, life is beautiful. And there's a lot that his estranged second wife doesn't know about him. In this book, he sets out to tell her. Translator(s): McDowell, Megan. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 158 x 248 x 28. Weight in Grams: 486. 2016. Paperback.....We ship daily from our Bookshop.
