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Gemma Bovery

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Gemma Bovery

It a coincidence that Gemma Bovery has a name rather like Flaubertâ€™s notorious heroine? Is it by chance that, like Madame Bovary, Gemma is bored, adulterous, and a bad credit risk? Is she inevitably doomed?

Gemma is the pretty second wife of Charlie Bovery, the reluctant stepmother of his children, and the bÃªte noire of his ex-wife. A sudden windfall and Gemmaâ€™s distaste for London take them across the Channel to
Normandy, where the charms of French country living soon wear off.

Gemmaâ€™s neighbor, the intellectual baker Joubert, is consumed by fascination for her. Denying voyeurism but nonetheless noting every change in the fit of Gemmaâ€™s jeans, every addition to her wardrobe, all of her love bites and lovers, Joubertâ€”â€”with the help of the heroineâ€™s diariesâ€”â€”follows her path toward ruin.

Adultery and its consequences. Disappointment and deception. Fat and slim. Then and now. Familiar ingredients of the novel are given new life in Gemma Boveryâ€™s unique graphic form.
Country USA
Brand Pantheon
Manufacturer Pantheon
Binding Hardcover
ReleaseDate 2005-02-01
UnitCount 1
EANs 9780375423390

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