The little French bistro
Subtitle: a novel
By: Nina George ; translated by Simon Pare
Contributors: Pare, Simon, translator
Edition: First American edition.
Publisher: Abacus; Crown; CROWN
Published: 2017
Language: eng
Number of pages: 311
ISBN-13: 9780451495587
Subjects: Self-actualization (Psychology); Friendship; Fiction
Work titles: Mondspielerin
Description: Marianne Messman, a housewife, wants to escape her loveless marriage and an uncaring and unfeeling husband of 35 years. She and her husband, army sergeant major Lothar, take a trip to Paris, during which Marianne leaps of the Pont Neuf into the Seine, but she is saved from drowning by a homeless man. Angered by her behaviour Major Lothar takes a coach trip back home to Germany, expecting that a psychologist will escort Marianne home a few days later. However, Marianne comes across a hand-painted scene of the tiny port of Kerdruc in Brittany, and becomes fixated with the place.
Notes: Translation from the German of:  Die mondspielerin