Die Andere Frau

by Lisa Appignanesi

Maria je lijepa žena. Njena moć zavođenja privlačila je u jednakoj mjeri muškarce i uspjeh u poslovnom svijetu. No, kad se nađe licem u lice s rušilačkom snagom svoje privlačnosti, počinje shvaćati da je cijena previsoka. Mudar, erotski, roman ˝Dobra žena˝ čarobna je priča o fatalnoj ženi koja se nastoji otresti prošlosti. I on potvrđuje moć Lise Appignanesi, vrhunske pripovjedačice.

Genres: Fiction

Paperback

First published January 1, 1997

About the author

aka Jessica Ayre

Elżbieta Borensztejn was born on 4 January 1946 in Łódź, Poland, the daughter of Hena and Aaron Borensztejn with Jewish origin. Following her birth, her parents moved to Paris, France, and in 1951 they emigrating to Canada. She grew up in the province of Quebec - first in a small Laurentian town, subsequently in Montreal.

She graduated from McGill University with a B.A. degree in 1966 and her M.A. the following year. During 1970-71 she was a staff writer for the Centre for Community Research in New York City and is a former University of Essex lecturer in European Studies. She was a founding member and editorial director of the Writers and Readers Publishing Cooperative. Through the eighties she was a Deputy Director of the Institute of Contemporary Arts in London, UK, for whom she also edited the seminal Documents Series and established ICA television and the video Writers in Conversation series.

She produced several made for television films and had written a number of books before devoting herself to writing fulltime in 1990. In recognition of her contribution to literature, Lisa Appignanesi has been honoured with a Chevalier of the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres from the French government. In 2004, she became Deputy President of English PEN and has run its highly successful 'Free Expression is No Offence Campaign' against the Racial and Religious Hatred Bill. In 2008 she became President of English PEN. She writes for The Guardian, The Independent and has made several series for BBC Radio 4, as well as frequently appearing as a cultural commentator.

In 1967, she married Richard Appignanesi, another writer, with whom she had one son in 1975, Josh Appignanesi, a film director. They divorced in 1984. With her life partner John Forrester, she had a daugther, Katrina Forrester, a Research Fellow in the history of modern political thought at St John's College, Cambridge. She lives in London.

Reviews

[Marjolein · Rating 3 out of 5]

I found this book in my bookcase (an old library book I bought at a library sale) and I could not remember whether I read it or not. I started reading and only when I was well in I seemed to vaguely recognize bits. It remained like that: not recognizing most and vaguely recognizing some parts but never to the point where I could predict what was going to happen. I did not recognize the end. Does this say something about me, when I read it the first time? Or does it mean the book made no impression at all on me? I liked the book, but it is not impressive. To me it felt rather depressed, we are always in the mind of Maria, her daily life and her memories, and indeed Maria is rather depressed because of something in her recent past that the reader doesn't know about until she finally allows that memory.

Interestingly, all editions of the book on Goodreads have a summary in Polish. Most editions are English. The author is Polish but married and lives in the US and I think the book was written in English. It might be a good idea to give it an English summary.

[Karen Ri · Rating 2 out of 5]

It was too predictable but I liked the fact it was set in Paris and London.

[Ketlin · Rating 3 out of 5]

Algus oli paljulubav aga lõpp vajus ära.

[Joan Barton · Rating 4 out of 5]

Enjoyed

[Becka · Rating 4 out of 5]

I loved this book. It was beautifully written. I could not put it down.

[Hazel Rosevear · Rating 5 out of 5]

Incredible read just couldn’t put the book down even though it’s a predictable book it doesn’t half grip you to read more, I struggle at times to connect with a book but this one had me invested

[Cyn · Rating 3 out of 5]

loved this book. Beautifully written, beautiful settings- Paris and New York anew author found Yeah!!

[Paul Shepherd · Rating 1 out of 5]

Just could not get into, really slow, not my cup of tea, only read a quarter

[Velvetink]

* Inherited from Mum's shelves.