Name: Orlanda
SKU: 64687131
Price: 507.00 TWD
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Author: Jacqueline Harpman
ISBN: 9781529950854

Type

Physical Book

Author

Jacqueline Harpman

Publisher

Vintage Classics

Year

2025

Language

English

Pages

224

Format

Paperback

Dimensions

19.8x12.9x1.7 cm

ISBN13

9781529950854

Orlanda

Jacqueline Harpman (Author) · Vintage Classics · Paperback

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Synopsis "Orlanda"

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\n'THE ’90S GENDER SWAP NOVEL YOU NEED TO READ NOW' (NEW YORK TIMES), FROM THE AUTHOR OF I WHO HAVE NEVER KNOWN MENThere’s a voice in Aline’s head: a voice that wants out. Brash, 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. That is until, after thirty-five years of imprisonment, her alter ego breaks free. Taking 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. A bewitching fable, an androgynous dream, Orlanda is one woman’s reckoning with all the hidden sides of her soul. ---READER REVIEWS - JOIN THE ORLANDA OBSESSION:'Hilarious, life affirming, haunting…truly perfect in prose, plot, and concept. Just wow''A powerful novel, witty, wicked and teasing''It’s the perfect book''This is the second book I've read by her and it's another masterpiece''Reading this has confirmed Jacqueline Harpman as one of my favourite writers I’ve ever encountered'

Jacqueline Harpman

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Jacqueline Harpman (Etterbeek, Brussels, 5 July 1929 - 24 May 2012) was a Belgian novelist and psychoanalyst of Jewish origin. During World War II, her family took refuge in Casablanca to escape Nazi persecution. After the war, they returned to Belgium, where Harpman studied French literature at the University of Brussels. She began medical studies, but abandoned them due to tuberculosis. Among her most notable works are "I Who Have Never Known Men" (2021), "Orlanda" (1996), awarded the Médicis Prize, and "The Beach at Ostend". Her novels, written in French, explore themes of identity and human existence.

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