An Unexpected Guest is on “Paperback Row” of the Sunday New York Times Book Review! “Paperback books of particular interest” – To see the whole post, please look here…(Read More)
An unloved young man and unloved young woman meet in a forest outside a fictional-but-could-be-anywhere village in France and create a new life together, in more ways than one, in the charming, slyly commentative, almost fairy-tale-like debut novel from Christine Eddy, born in France but long-time resident of…(Read More)
A French woman rides a trans-Siberian train in search of a long-lost lover, all the while remembering conversations with an ancient mysterious neighbor left behind in Paris. The first few pages of this very slim but so rich novel short-listed for the Prix Goncourt in 2007, by veteran French author Michèle…(Read More)
A secluded house in the French countryside, one murdered proprietor, two caretakers, and five invitees, each hoping to inherit. A “ten-little-Indians”-style whodunit for sure, but what’s even more heart-stopping is the arresting way 30-something writer and artist’s model Émile de Turckheim uses the French language in telling this…(Read More)
Just a few days before An Unexpected Guest comes out in Italy from publisher Garzanti, under the lovely title “Quando eravamo foglie nel vento” (or “When We Were Leaves in the Wind”). And, the advance word has been so warm and generous, Italian-style: “Ancora prima della pubblicazione, Quando eravamo foglie nel vento è stato incoronato…(Read More)
A big merci to Prête-Moi Paris blog for this lovely review: “The tale [Korkeakivi] weaves makes the pages turn, and her descriptions make you want to slow them down so as to savor each moment she describes in elegant detail. If you love Paris you will lose yourself in this novel.” If you…(Read More)
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School may be well behind me, but e-mails and reviews from university English professors praising An Unexpected Guest still capture a special place of pride. “Anne Korkeakivi does a fantastic job of…making it very thrilling indeed. This is a great first novel that bodes only better things to come.” To see the whole…(Read More)
“My adult life before becoming a published novelist was like the questing roots that grow wide and far to suck in the moisture and minerals that make the apple tree’s limbs blossom. The deeper and richer and greater the roots, the stronger the tree, the healthier the flower.” Experience Required: Growing the Roots, an…(Read More)
Anne will offer two half-day fiction-writing seminars at Grub Street in Boston this summer: a seminar on Creating Great Beginnings, on July 12; and a seminar on Writing the Political Story, on July 13. All are welcome! For detailed information about the courses, including content, times, location, and cost, look here…(Read More)
I’ll be reading from An Unexpected Guest, followed by a Q&A and signing, in NYC on Tuesday, May 14, at the last Pen Parentis Literary Salon of this season. Also reading from recent work will be authors Joanna Hershon, Helen Phillips and Jennifer Cody-Epstein. On the second floor of the Andaz…(Read More)
