{"product_id":"a-sunday-in-ville-davray","title":"A Sunday in Ville-d'Avray","description":"'Beguiling and immensely enjoyable.' --Irish Times I was in the melancholy state of mind that often comes over me when I go to see my sister, and I think I started by getting a little lost . . . It's a Sunday in early September and a woman leaves muggy Paris to visit her sister in the western suburbs of the city. Ville-d’Avray is less than an hour away, but it seems like another world with its secluded streets and set-back houses. The sisters' relationship is ambiguous. the woman's visits to Ville-d’Avray tend to leave her discomfited; for all Claire Marie's seeming provincial passivity, she knows exactly how to get under her sister's skin. As they settle into the torpor of the afternoon, Claire Marie describes a curious encounter from her past. Sundays are when she thinks about life – whether she expected something more from it, and whether she is still waiting for it to begin. Sharply observed and wryly funny, A Sunday in Ville-d’Avray is a haunting novel about half-shared truths and desires that can never fully be expressed.","brand":"Daunt Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":40903081394261,"sku":"9781911547969N","price":11.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/2481\/5790\/files\/3d6f0a22-3c90-4f25-81b9-31fc333a47e5.jpg?v=1727256167","url":"https:\/\/smeikalbooks.co.uk\/en-us\/products\/a-sunday-in-ville-davray","provider":"smeikalbooks","version":"1.0","type":"link"}