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The maid's request : a story / Michèle Desbordes ; translated from the French by Shaun Whiteside.
- Title
- The maid's request : a story / Michèle Desbordes ; translated from the French by Shaun Whiteside.
- Author
- Desbordes, Michèle
- Publication
- London : Faber, c2003.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Book/Text | Request in advance | PQ2664.E747 D4613 2003x | Off-site |
Details
- Additional Authors
- Whiteside, Shaun
- Description
- 149 p.; 21 cm.
- Summary
- "The Maid's Request tells the story of an enigmatic relationship between a sixteenth-century Italian painter and his servant." "At the behest of the French king an artist has journeyed from Italy to lead his school of students in the design and construction of a chateau in the Loire valley. Despite the fact that master and servant seldom talk, each is acutely aware of the other's presence and routine. He gives her gifts of clothing and jewellery; she is sensitive to his every need. He imagines them dying together, envisaging her as lover, angel, Madonna. Finally, falteringly, one sleepless winter's night in the kitchen she makes her request."--BOOK JACKET.
- Uniform Title
- Demande. English
- Alternative Title
- Demande.
- Subject
- Genre/Form
- Fiction
- History
- Note
- Translation of: La demande (Paris : Verdier, 1998)
- ISBN
- 0571210066
- OCLC
- 52286229
- SCSB-12635231
- Owning Institutions
- Harvard Library