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037			_cPurchased _nPrism Books,Kadavanthra
041			_aEnglish
082			_aF _bMIC/RE
100			_aMichele Lesbre
245			_aRED SOFA
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260			_aLondon _bSeagull _c2016/01/01
300			_g109
500			_aIn The Red Sofa, we meet Anne, a young woman setting off on the Trans-Siberian Railway in order to find her former lover, Gyl, who left twenty years before. As the train moves across post-Soviet Russia and its devastated landscapes, Anne reflects on her past with Gyl and their patriotic struggles, as well as on the neighbor she has just left behind, Clemence Barrot. Rocked by the train's movements Anne is moved by her memory of Clemence, who is old and whose memory is failing, but who has not lost her taste for life and adventure. Ensconced on her red sofa at home, Clemence loves to tell Anne her life story, mourning lost loved ones and celebrating the lives of brave, rebellious women who went before her. Eventually, Anne's train trip returns her home having not found Gyl, but having found something much more meaningful herself. "A luminous novel about desire, a clear text about the joy of living." Prix Pierre Mac Orlan 2007
650			_aFiction.
650			_aFrench Fiction.
700			_aNicole (tr.) _aDavid Ball (tr.)
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