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Adultery : a novel / Paulo Coelho ; translated from the Portuguese by Margaret Jull Costa and Zoë Perry.
"A woman around her thirties begins to question the routine and predictability of her days. In everybody's eyes, she has a perfect life: a solid and stable marriage, a loving husband, sweet and well-behaved children and a job as a journalist she can't complain about. However, she can no longer bear the necessary effort to fake happiness when all she feels in life is an enormous apathy. All that changes when she encounters an ex-boyfriend from her adolescence. Jacob is now a successful politician and, during an interview, he ends up arousing something in her she hadn't felt for a long time: passion" -- summary from wikipedia.com.
Record details
- ISBN: 9781101874080
- ISBN: 1101874082
- Physical Description: 255 pages. ; 22 cm
- Edition: First American edition.
- Publisher: New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2014.
Content descriptions
| General Note: | Originally published in Brazil as Adultério by Sextante, Rio de Janeiro, in 2012. |
| Language Note: | Translated from Portuguese. |
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| Subject: | Married women > Fiction Politicians > Fiction Adultery > Fiction |
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- 5 of 5 copies available at Sage Library System. (Show)
- 1 of 1 copy available at Hood River County Library District.
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Circulation Modifier | Status | Due Date | Courses |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cascade Locks Library | FIC COELHO (Text) | 33892100178806 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
Summary:
"A woman around her thirties begins to question the routine and predictability of her days. In everybody's eyes, she has a perfect life: a solid and stable marriage, a loving husband, sweet and well-behaved children and a job as a journalist she can't complain about. However, she can no longer bear the necessary effort to fake happiness when all she feels in life is an enormous apathy. All that changes when she encounters an ex-boyfriend from her adolescence. Jacob is now a successful politician and, during an interview, he ends up arousing something in her she hadn't felt for a long time: passion" --
