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Strangers

Wishing to avoid the complications of turning down his cousin's widow's Christmas invitation, reclusive retiree Paul Sturgis sets off from the quietude of his London flat for a holiday in Venice. There he meets Mrs. Vicky Gardner, an intriguing and lovely woman in the midst of a divorce and at a crossroads in her life. Although he is avoiding new acquaintances, who might shake up his rather monotonous existence, Paul is surprised to find himself warming to the woman. Then, upon his return to England, his former girlfriend Sarah reintroduces herself into Paul's life. The two women spark a transformation within him. Paul's steady and preferred isolation now conflicts with the stark realization of his aloneness and his need for companionship.

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  • "Wishing to avoid the complications of turning down his cousin's widow's Christmas invitation, reclusive retiree Paul Sturgis sets off from the quietude of his London flat for a holiday in Venice. There he meets Mrs. Vicky Gardner, an intriguing and lovely woman in the midst of a divorce and at a crossroads in her life. Although he is avoiding new acquaintances, who might shake up his rather monotonous existence, Paul is surprised to find himself warming to the woman. Then, upon his return to England, his former girlfriend Sarah reintroduces herself into Paul's life. The two women spark a transformation within him. Paul's steady and preferred isolation now conflicts with the stark realization of his aloneness and his need for companionship."
  • "Wishing to avoid the complications of turning down his cousin's widow's Christmas invitation, reclusive retiree Paul Sturgis sets off from the quietude of his London flat for a holiday in Venice. There he meets Mrs. Vicky Gardner, an intriguing and lovely woman in the midst of a divorce and at a crossroads in her life. Although he is avoiding new acquaintances, who might shake up his rather monotonous existence, Paul is surprised to find himself warming to the woman. Then, upon his return to England, his former girlfriend Sarah reintroduces herself into Paul's life. The two women spark a transformation within him. Paul's steady and preferred isolation now conflicts with the stark realization of his aloneness and his need for companionship."@en
  • "Wishing to avoid the complications of turning down his cousin's widow's Christmas invitation, reclusive retiree Paul Sturgis sets off from the quietude of his London flat for a holiday in Venice. There he meets Mrs. Vicky Gardner, an intriguing and lovely woman in the midst of a divorce and at a crossroads in her life. Although he is avoiding new acquaintances, who might shake up his rather monotonous existence, Paul is surprised to find himself warming to the woman. Then, upon his return to England, his former girlfriend Sarah reintroduces herself into Paul's life. The two women spark a transformation within him. Paul's steady and preferred isolation now conflicts with the stark realization of his aloneness and his need for companionship."
  • "A retired bank manager, who lives his life alone, gradually realizes that his careful life of routine needs to be changed, and so he makes a decision, somewhat prompted by encounters with two women."@en
  • "Paul Sturgis, septuagénaire fatigué et souffrant de solitude, remplit ses journées de longues marches dans les rues de Londres. Fuyant à Venise les fêtes de Noël, il fait la connaissance de Vicky Gardner, pétillante quinquagénaire récemment divorcée..."
  • "Paul Sturgis is a retired banker manager who lives alone in a dark little flat. He walks alone and dines alone, seeking out and taking pleasure in small exchanges with strangers: the cheerful Australian girl who cuts his hair, the lady at the drycleaners. His only relative, and only acquaintance, is a widowed cousin by marriage -- herself a virtual stranger -- to whom he pays ritualistic visits on a Sunday afternoon. Trying to make sense of his current solitary state, and fearing that his destiny may be to die among strangers, Sturgis trawls through memories of his failed relationships and finds himself longing for companionship, or at the very least a conversation. But then a chance encounter with a stranger -- a recently divorced and demanding younger woman -- shakes up his routine and when an old girlfriend appears on the scene, Sturgis is forced to make a decision about how (and with whom) he wants to spend the rest of his days..."
  • "Paul Sturgis is a retired bank manager who lives alone. He walks alone and dines alone, seeking out and taking pleasure in small exchanges with strangers. He longs for companionship. And then two women enter his life and the complexities of companionship are revealed to him."
  • "Booker Prize-winner Anita Brookner captures the magic and depth of real life with this story of an ordinary man whose unexpected longings, doubts, and fears are universal.?Paul Sturgis is resigned to his bachelorhood and the quietude of his London flat. He occasionally pays obliging visits to his nearest living relative, Helena, his cousin?s widow. To avoid having to turn down her Christmas invitation, Paul sets off for a holiday in Venice where he meets Mrs. Vicky Gardner, an intriguing woman in the midst of a divorce. Upon his return to England, a former girlfriend, Sarah, reenters Paul?s world and these two women spark a transformation in Paul, culminating in a shocking decision."@en
  • "Paul Sturgis is a retired banker who lives alone. He walks alone and dines alone, taking pleasure in small exchanges with strangers. Trying to make sense of his current solitary state, Sturgis trawls through memories of his failed relationships."@en

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  • "Large type books"
  • "Ausgabe"
  • "Littérature anglaise"
  • "Psychological fiction"
  • "Psychological fiction"@en
  • "Electronic books"
  • "Electronic books"@en
  • "Advance copies (Publishing)"@en
  • "Uncorrected proofs (Printing)"@en
  • "Fiction"
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  • "Strangers"@en
  • "Strangers"
  • "Una vita a parte"
  • "Una vita a parte"@it
  • "Étrangers : roman"
  • "Strangers a novel"@en
  • "Strangers a novel"
  • "Strangers : a novel"@en
  • "Strangers : a novel"
  • "Etrangers"

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