{"product_id":"orlanda-jacqueline-harpman","title":"Orlanda (Jacqueline Harpman)","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e'THE '90S GENDER SWAP NOVEL YOU NEED TO READ NOW' (\u003ci\u003eNEW YORK TIMES), \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eFROM THE AUTHOR OF \u003ci\u003eI WHO HAVE NEVER KNOWN MEN\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eThere's a voice in Aline's head: a voice that wants out.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBrash, boisterous and sexually adventurous, this voice seems to be the antithesis of Aline, a prim literature professor for whom each day promises to be as quiet and conventional as the last.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eThat is until, after thirty-five years of imprisonment, her alter ego breaks free.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTaking on a life of his own, Orlanda - Aline's second self - slips into the taut, rugged body of a young man. As Aline continues unaware, Orlanda follows, dragging gleeful chaos in his wake, vowing to leave both their existences forever altered.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eA bewitching fable, an androgynous dream, \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eOrlanda\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003e is one woman's reckoning with all the hidden sides of her soul.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e---\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eREADER REVIEWS - JOIN THE \u003ci\u003eORLANDA \u003c\/i\u003eOBSESSION:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'\u003cb\u003eHilarious, life affirming, haunting\u003c\/b\u003e...truly perfect in prose, plot, and concept. \u003cb\u003eJust wow\u003c\/b\u003e'\u003cbr\u003e'A powerful novel, \u003cb\u003ewitty, wicked and teasing\u003c\/b\u003e'\u003cbr\u003e'It's \u003cb\u003ethe perfect book\u003c\/b\u003e'\u003cbr\u003e'This is the second book I've read by her and it's \u003cb\u003eanother masterpiece\u003c\/b\u003e'\u003cbr\u003e'Reading this has confirmed Jacqueline Harpman as \u003cb\u003eone of my favourite writers\u003c\/b\u003e I've ever encountered'\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003ch4\u003eAutorenportrait\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003cdiv\u003eJacqueline Harpman was born in Etterbeek, Belgium in 1929. Being half Jewish, the family fled to Casablanca when the Nazis invaded, and only returned home after the war. After studying French literature she started training to be a doctor, but could not complete her training due to contracting tuberculosis. She turned to writing in 1954 and her first work was published in 1958. In 1980 she qualified as a psychoanalyst. Harpman wrote over 15 novels and won numerous literary prizes, including the Prix Médicis for \u003ci\u003eOrlanda\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003ci\u003eI Who Have Never Known Men \u003c\/i\u003ewas her first novel to be translated into English, and was originally published with the title \u003ci\u003eThe Mistress of Silence\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eRos Schwartz \u003c\/b\u003eis an award-winning translator from French. Acclaimed for her new version of Antoine de Saint-Exupéry's\u003ci\u003e The Little Prince, \u003c\/i\u003epublished in 2010, she has over 100 fiction and non-fiction titles to her name.  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe French government made Ros a Chevalier de l'Ordre des Arts et des Lettres in 2009, and in 2017 she was awarded the Institute of Translation and Interpreting's John Sykes Memorial Prize for Excellence.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003ch4\u003eWeitere Angaben\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003cdiv\u003eBuch (Paperback), B-format paperback, Englisch, 224 Seiten\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Weltbild.ch: Bücher \u0026 Outlet","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":65820725805405,"sku":"K098535347","price":10.8,"currency_code":"CHF","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0911\/8915\/0045\/files\/9853534700001A.jpg?v=1788629313","url":"https:\/\/weltbild.ch\/products\/orlanda-jacqueline-harpman","provider":"Weltbild.ch Bücher \u0026 Outlet","version":"1.0","type":"link"}