{"product_id":"madame-bovary-of-the-suburbs-paperback","title":"Madame Bovary of the Suburbs - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eSophie Divry\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eAlison Anderson\u003c\/b\u003e (Translator)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe story of a woman's life, from childhood to death, somewhere in provincial France, from the 1950s to just shy of 2025. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eShe has doting parents, does well at school, finds a loving husband after one abortive attempt at passion, buys a big house with a moonlit terrace, makes decent money, has children, changes jobs, retires, grows old and dies. All in the comfort that the middle-classes have grown accustomed to. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBut she's bored. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eShe takes up all sorts of outlets to try to make something happen in her life: adultery, charity work, esotericism, manic house-cleaning, motherhood and various hobbies - each one abandoned faster than the last. But no matter what she does, her life remains unfocussed and unfulfilled. Nothing truly satisfies her, because deep down - just like the town where she lives - the landscape is non-descript, flat, horizontal. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eSophie Divry dramatises the philosophical conflict between freedom and comfort that marks women's lives in a materialistic world. Our heroine is an endearing, contemporary Emma Bovary, and Divry's prose will remind readers of the best of Houellebecq, the cold, implacable historian who paints a precise portrait of an era and those who inhabit it and in doing so renders existence indelibly absurd. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eTranslated from the French by Alison Anderson\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eSophie Divry lives in Lyon, France. \u003ci\u003eThe Library of Unrequited Love\u003c\/i\u003e, her first novel, was a bestseller in France and a boutique hit in the UK.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 288\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.8 x 7.7 x 5.1 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e September 06, 2022\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51766539682080,"sku":"9780857054708","price":15.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/505328cef5911bb54c921e107c142504.webp?v=1780294219","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/madame-bovary-of-the-suburbs-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}