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Set in Paris, LE DIVORCE is an alluring and elegant comedy of love and divorce French-style. Isabel Walker, a young, not-so-innocent, American abroad, arrives in Paris to find that her sister''s French husband (''the frog prince'') has just walked out. While Isabel embarks on her own sentimental education - seduced by gourmet food, antiques, existentialism and an older man - her sister''s marriage disintergrates into bitter Franco-American wrangles over money, titles and a mysterious painting. With a sharp tongue and an ironic eye for the foibles of the Parisian bourgeoisie, the French art world and American ex-patriots, Isabel is a collector of experience, even those she can''t control. Comedy veers suddenly close to tragedy as passionate jealousy, self-interest and artistic intrigue interweave.

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      Publisher: Vintage Publishing
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 1/1/1998 12:00:00 AM
      ISBN13: 9780099753919, 978-0099753919
      ISBN10: 009975391X

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      Set in Paris, LE DIVORCE is an alluring and elegant comedy of love and divorce French-style. Isabel Walker, a young, not-so-innocent, American abroad, arrives in Paris to find that her sister''s French husband (''the frog prince'') has just walked out. While Isabel embarks on her own sentimental education - seduced by gourmet food, antiques, existentialism and an older man - her sister''s marriage disintergrates into bitter Franco-American wrangles over money, titles and a mysterious painting. With a sharp tongue and an ironic eye for the foibles of the Parisian bourgeoisie, the French art world and American ex-patriots, Isabel is a collector of experience, even those she can''t control. Comedy veers suddenly close to tragedy as passionate jealousy, self-interest and artistic intrigue interweave.

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