Every day, Stéphane Place offers you a literature break, in partnership with the Librairie Mollat de Bordeaux. Wednesday, we cross the Channel for the first volume of the saga of Elizabeth Jane Howard: "English summers".
"English Summers", the first volume of a magnificent family saga which takes place in Sussex in England, should appeal to fans of the "Downton Abbey" series. In 1937, as the world unknowingly prepared to fall into the Second World War, a family of the upper bourgeoisie found itself in full in its immense property. And if everyday life, punctuated by horse riding, tennis games and evenings to the sound of the gramophone, seems idyllic, concern and the unspoken arise quickly. Marie-Aurélie Buffet, from the Chez Mollat bookstore, recommends that you read this novel, the second volume of which is scheduled for October 8.
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