Burning houses /

"In Burning Houses, Andrew Harvey has taken the novel form and extended it to grand opera, with all its glitter and drama, flourish and tragedy. Charles, a writer living Paris, is invited by Adolphe, a famous film director, to read his novel to him. Their meetings enmesh the reader in two plot...

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Main Author: Harvey, Andrew, 1952- (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Boston : Houghton Mifflin, [1986]
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