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false <![CDATA[Gemma Bovery]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1175622294m/536835.jpg 536835 5 It a coincidence that Gemma Bovery has a name rather like Flaubert’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 bête noire of his ex-wife. A sudden windfall and Gemma’s distaste for London take them across the Channel to Normandy, where the charms of French country living soon wear off. Gemma’s neighbor, the intellectual baker Joubert, is consumed by fascination for her. Denying voyeurism but nonetheless noting every change in the fit of Gemma’s jeans, every addition to her wardrobe, all of her love bites and lovers, Joubert——with the help of the heroine’s diaries——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 Bovery’s unique graphic form. 524277 1999 Gemma Bovery total:110|5:25|4:41|3:33|2:8|1:3| 110 407 177 28 5 1 false false Mon Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007 Mon Sep 08 08:24:46 -0700 2008 Mon Sep 08 08:28:49 -0700 2008 more...]]> 5 0 false false Wed Jun 24 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Jun 24 14:36:30 -0700 2009 Wed Jun 24 21:56:54 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Tue Nov 10 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Wed Nov 18 12:32:54 -0800 2009 Wed Nov 18 12:36:39 -0800 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Fri Aug 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Sun Sep 21 04:18:33 -0700 2008 Sun Sep 21 04:19:22 -0700 2008
Part text, part graphic novel, it tells the tragic story of Gemma Bovery, a British woman who moves to France with her new husband see...more...]]> 3 0 false false Sat Dec 20 03:14:38 -0800 2008 Sat Dec 20 04:04:55 -0800 2008 more...]]> 0 0 false false Fri Jul 24 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sat Jul 04 21:56:01 -0700 2009 Tue Jul 28 14:20:35 -0700 2009 more...]]> 2 0 false false Mon Jan 12 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Sun Aug 17 14:33:09 -0700 2008 Thu Jan 22 17:04:37 -0800 2009 more...]]> 1 0 false false Wed Dec 24 08:13:01 -0800 2008 Wed Dec 24 08:06:20 -0800 2008 Wed Dec 24 08:13:01 -0800 2008 3 0 false true Mon Jun 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Apr 08 13:58:26 -0700 2009 Thu Jul 09 10:13:53 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Fri Feb 20 16:04:25 -0800 2009 Sun Feb 22 23:47:03 -0800 2009 4 0 false false Mon May 04 07:34:23 -0700 2009 Mon May 04 07:35:22 -0700 2009 3 0 false false Wed Jul 15 10:49:16 -0700 2009 Wed Jul 15 10:49:46 -0700 2009 5 0 false false Wed Mar 04 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Tue Mar 03 21:25:46 -0800 2009 Tue Mar 03 22:32:53 -0800 2009
also everyone must read it.]]> 3 0 false false Mon Sep 15 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Sun Sep 14 13:38:13 -0700 2008 Wed Sep 17 14:50:03 -0700 2008 more...]]> 5 0 false false Sat Jul 25 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Jan 13 14:38:52 -0800 2009 Sat Jul 25 14:26:27 -0700 2009 Gemma Bovary, like Posy Simmond's excellent follow-up Tamara Drewe, is a contemporary spin on a classic work of literature. In a romantic village in France, Joubert the bakerbecomes obsessed with a disaffected British couple, Charlie and Gemma Bovary, and his observations of their marriage and of Ge...more...]]> 5 0 false false Sun May 17 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue May 19 15:11:43 -0700 2009 Tue May 19 15:12:24 -0700 2009 3 0 false false Thu Apr 02 00:44:58 -0700 2009 Thu Apr 02 00:44:58 -0700 2009 4 0 false false Sun Jun 29 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Mon Jun 16 17:34:13 -0700 2008 Sun Jun 29 18:50:21 -0700 2008 more...]]> 4 0 true false Sun Apr 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Wed Apr 18 16:15:20 -0700 2007 Wed Apr 18 16:17:43 -0700 2007
This book was recommended to me by an editor at my work and it comes with a high recommendation—death, lust, French food, what could be better?]]> 5 0 false false Tue Apr 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Fri Apr 04 15:27:13 -0700 2008 Fri Apr 04 15:31:02 -0700 2008 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=536835