Choice of the Elect
Edmée lacks for nothing. Her adoring husband is a handsome and cosmopolitan engineer, they have two beautiful children, and they live a prosperous life in California. But all is not what it seems. Edmée is tortured by anxiety attacks. And her daughter Claudie shines with a disturbing inner knowledge.
Choice of the Elect follows Edmée through the seriocomic adventures that ensue when she deserts her husband. Edmée believes herself to be on a holy mission and over the years takes up with a series of mysterious lovers and finds success in Hollywood—all with Claudie in tow. Yet over time, Claudie rejects her, and Edmee comes to wonder whether this is tragedy or the price the holy must pay for being elect.
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Choice of the Elect follows Edmée through the seriocomic adventures that ensue when she deserts her husband. Edmée believes herself to be on a holy mission and over the years takes up with a series of mysterious lovers and finds success in Hollywood—all with Claudie in tow. Yet over time, Claudie rejects her, and Edmee comes to wonder whether this is tragedy or the price the holy must pay for being elect.
Choice of the Elect
Edmée lacks for nothing. Her adoring husband is a handsome and cosmopolitan engineer, they have two beautiful children, and they live a prosperous life in California. But all is not what it seems. Edmée is tortured by anxiety attacks. And her daughter Claudie shines with a disturbing inner knowledge.
Choice of the Elect follows Edmée through the seriocomic adventures that ensue when she deserts her husband. Edmée believes herself to be on a holy mission and over the years takes up with a series of mysterious lovers and finds success in Hollywood—all with Claudie in tow. Yet over time, Claudie rejects her, and Edmee comes to wonder whether this is tragedy or the price the holy must pay for being elect.
Choice of the Elect follows Edmée through the seriocomic adventures that ensue when she deserts her husband. Edmée believes herself to be on a holy mission and over the years takes up with a series of mysterious lovers and finds success in Hollywood—all with Claudie in tow. Yet over time, Claudie rejects her, and Edmee comes to wonder whether this is tragedy or the price the holy must pay for being elect.
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Product Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780810119246 |
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| Publisher: | Northwestern University Press |
| Publication date: | 06/19/2002 |
| Series: | Literature in Translation Series |
| Edition description: | Translated |
| Pages: | 245 |
| Product dimensions: | 5.50(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.90(d) |
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