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Helen Stevenson grew up in South Yorkshire and studied modern languages at Oxford. She is a translator. She lives in London, England.

Werken van Helen Stevenson

Mad Elaine (1998) 19 exemplaren
Love Like Salt (2016) 9 exemplaren
Pierrot Lunaire (1995) 3 exemplaren
Windfall (1996) 3 exemplaren
Balancing 1 exemplaar
Black Moses 1 exemplaar

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Geslacht
female
Nationaliteit
UK
Land (voor op de kaart)
England
Woonplaatsen
London, England, UK
Beroepen
novelist
translator

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Subtitle: Life and Love in a French Town. This is a memoir of the author’s experiences as a young British expatriate living in a village near the Spanish border.

Her writing is very atmospheric and I really felt as if I were in the French countryside. I loved the way she described certain people or scenes: “ …she had the face of someone put together by a police artist.” But I have to admit I was somewhat frustrated by her head-over-heels feeling for Luc – cowboy, painter, dentist and lothario. He was bad news from the beginning and I never understood the attraction for her. Still it was a charming read and it made me want to experience this kind of village life for myself.
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Werken
10
Ook door
8
Leden
156
Populariteit
#134,405
Waardering
½ 3.5
Besprekingen
1
ISBNs
20
Talen
3

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