Philippe Tapon
1) The mistress
Author
Series
Language
English
Formats
Description
During World War II, a French doctor navigates between serving the German occupier and the Resistance. Complicating his life is that he must also navigate between his wife and his mistress. When war ends the Resistance accuses him of collaborating and his wife of the theft of her dowry.
Author
Publisher
Dutton
Pub. Date
[1997]
Language
English
Description
A metaphysical novel on an American dying of aids in Paris. He is Darren Swenson, an expatriate from Kansas who asks a fellow American to write a novel about him, thereby giving his life meaning. The novel alternates between the real and the surreal.