I Wish Someone Were Waiting for Me Somewhere

ISBN-13: 9780099506010 / Angielski / Miękka / 2008 / 352 str.

Anna Gavalda

Opis

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

Recenzje

Her books have both wit and a whimsical charm Sunday Telegraph

O autorze

Born in 1970, Anna Gavalda was a teacher whose collection of stories, I Wish Someone Were Waiting for Me Somewhere, shot her to fame (published in the UK with her novella Someone I Loved). Her novel Hunting and Gathering (Ensemble c'est tout) was a bestseller in several countries, selling over two million copies, and was made into a film; this was followed by Consolation. Her books have been translated into thirty-six languages. The mother of two children, she lives and writes just outside Paris.