I Wish Someone Were Waiting for Me Somewhere

Anna Gavalda, Karen L. Marker, Catherine Evans

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English

Vintage
01 August 2008

Fiction & Literature; Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

A wonderful collection of stories published together with a poignant novella from the internationally renowned author of Hunting and Gathering.

I Wish Someone Were Waiting For Me Somewhere explores how a life can be changed irrevocably in just one fateful moment. A pregnant mother's plans for the future unravel at the hospital; a travelling salesman learns the consequences of an almost-missed exit on the motorway in the newspaper the next morning; while a perfect date is spoilt by a single act of thoughtlessness. In those crucial moments Gavalda demonstrates her almost magical skill in conveying love, lust, longing, and loneliness.

Someone I Loved is a hauntingly intimate look at the intolerably painful, yet sometimes valuable consequences that adultery can have on a marriage and the individuals involved. A simple tale, yet long in substance, Someone I Loved ends like most great love affairs, forever leaving you wanting just one more moment.

By: Anna Gavalda
Translated by: Karen L. Marker, Catherine Evans
Imprint: Vintage
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 178mm, Width: 111mm, Spine: 20mm
Weight: 188g
ISBN: 9780099506010
ISBN 10: 0099506017
Pages: 352
Publication Date: 01 August 2008
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Born in 1970, Anna Gavalda was a teacher whose collection of stories, I Wish Someone Were Waiting for Me Somewhere, shot her to fame. Her work, including another short novel, has been translated into thirty-six languages. The mother of two small children, she lives and writes just outside Paris.

Reviews for I Wish Someone Were Waiting for Me Somewhere

A collection as tender as it is scathing * Le Monde * A distant descendant of Dorothy Parker * Voici * Gavalda sees through ordinary appearances to people's hidden longings... A gifted literary stylist * Vogue * Her books have both wit and a whimsical charm * Sunday Telegraph *