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| Genre/Form: | Short stories Fiction |
|---|---|
| Additional Physical Format: | Online version: Boyd, William, 1952- Destiny of Nathalie X and other stories. New York : Knopf : Distributed by Random House, 1997 (OCoLC)646946841 |
| Material Type: | Fiction |
| Document Type: | Book |
| All Authors / Contributors: |
William Boyd |
| ISBN: | 0679447059 9780679447054 0679767843 9780679767848 |
| OCLC Number: | 34584008 |
| Notes: | Rev. ed. of: The destiny of Nathalie "X". 1995. |
| Description: | 177 p. ; 22 cm. |
| Contents: | The destiny of Nathalie X -- Transfigured night -- Hôtel des Voyageurs -- Never saw Brazil -- The dream lover -- Alpes-Maritimes -- Lunch -- N is for N -- The persistence of vision -- Cork -- Loose continuity. |
| Responsibility: | William Boyd. |
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Abstract:
Short stories with an international flavor. In Cork, an Englishwoman and a Portuguese poet meet once a year in 1930s Lisbon to fulfill each other's fantastical desires, in Alpes-Maritimes, an Englishman must decide between his German girlfriend and her twin sister to whom he is more attracted, while the title story is on an African film director shooting a movie in Hollywood. By the author of The Blue Afternoon.
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