A nostalgic tale of two lovers' journey through post-war France, from the author of SO LONG, SEE YOU TOMORROW
It is 1948 and a young American couple arrive in war-torn France for a long holiday.
Full of anticipation and enthusiasm, Harold and Barbara Rhodes find themselves enchanted by the glamour and charm of Paris. But as they travel further into the countryside they meet a people still overcoming devastation, and their reception at the Château Beaumesnil is not all the open-hearted Americans could wish for.
Luxuriously meandering and joyously observant, The Château sees William Maxwell bring to life the soul-enriching experience of what it means to truly travel and open oneself up to new life.
‘Surprising on every page... I ended The Châteaufeeling very sad that it was over’ Brandon Taylor, author of Real Life
‘Reading The Château is like meeting a very old friend with whom the conversation is always spontaneous, intimate, restorative and unpredictable’ Salley Vickers
Publisher: Vintage Publishing
ISBN: 9781529990461
Number of pages: 512
Dimensions: 198 x 128 x 34 mm
Weight: 354 g
Language: English
Not just a book of the year but now one of my desert island books. - Herald Scotland
Delicious and dead-on... All the embarrassments and gratifications of European travel are preserved in the amber of Maxwell's much pondered, seemingly casual prose. - New Yorker
As the voices of Austen, Turgenev and Tolstoy have survived, so will Maxwell's. There aren't many truly great writers among us. William Maxwell is one of them - The Times
It's hard not to see it as a work of genius - Times Literary Supplement
He combines educated intelligent and instinctive apprehension of human complexity in a way that would have earned Henry James' approval. William Maxwell is the very model of what a novelist should be - Independent on Sunday
Perennially endearing - Spectator
Surprising on every page... I ended The Château feeling very sad that it was over - Brandon Taylor, author of Real Life
Reading The Chateau is like meeting a very old friend with whom the conversation is always spontaneous, intimate, restorative and unpredictable
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