The Chateau

By: William Maxwell

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Paperback | 1 March 2012 | Edition Number 1

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416 Pages

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19.81 x 12.9 x 2.16

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Maxwell is the unsung hero of American literature. This is about the charms and disenchantments of travel.

It is 1948 and a young American couple arrive in France for a holiday, full of anticipation and enthusiasm. But the countryside and people are war-battered, and their reception at the Chateau Beaumesnil is not all the open-hearted Americans could wish for.

Industry Reviews

Not just a book of the year but now one of my desert island books. -- Adrian Turpin * Herald Scotland *
Delicious and dead-on... All the embarrassments and gratifications of European travel are preserved in the amber of Maxwell's much pondered, seemingly casual prose. * New Yorker *
As the voices of Austen, Turgenev and Tolstoy have survived, so will Maxwell's. There aren't many truly great writers among us. William Maxwell is one of them * The Times *
It's hard not to see it as a work of genius * Times Literary Supplement *
His gentle urbanity is a joy * Sunday Telegraph *

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