Victorine (Abridged)

by Catherine Texier Narrated by Jurian Hughes

Overview

In her memoir, Breakup, Catherine Texier tells how her husband left her for another woman. In Victorine, Texier takes the memory of Victorine, her maternal great-grandmother, and transforms it, so that Victorine, in the throes of a grand passion, leaves her husband and children for another man. Naturally, Victorine's motives are soulful, and yet she has committed a mother's ultimate sin. Her flight with her lover to turn-of-the-century Indochina leads to days of great beauty and nights of sensuous languor, along the banks of the Mekong River. At the same time, she has much time to muse about the struggle between duty and independence, tradition and freedom, longing and regret. All of these thoughts are now condensed into a single day: a day when she has returned.

Editorial Reviews

AUG/SEP 04 - AudioFile

Catherine Texier has taken a page from her family history to create a portrait of her great-grandmother, Victorine, as she leaves her husband and children to follow her lover to Indochina. Jurian Hughes runs with this lyrical novel and weaves a spell around the couple as they build a new life, all while conveying Victorine’s anguish at leaving behind her family. Hughes’s airy voice communicates clearly the struggles and passions the couple feel, the hardships they endure, and the conflicted feelings at the heart of the story. From the stifling household Victorine leaves behind to the equally stifling heat of Southeast Asia, Hughes is at home reading this Victorian love story. H.L.S. © AudioFile 2004, Portland, Maine

AUG/SEP 04 - AudioFile

Catherine Texier has taken a page from her family history to create a portrait of her great-grandmother, Victorine, as she leaves her husband and children to follow her lover to Indochina. Jurian Hughes runs with this lyrical novel and weaves a spell around the couple as they build a new life, all while conveying Victorine’s anguish at leaving behind her family. Hughes’s airy voice communicates clearly the struggles and passions the couple feel, the hardships they endure, and the conflicted feelings at the heart of the story. From the stifling household Victorine leaves behind to the equally stifling heat of Southeast Asia, Hughes is at home reading this Victorian love story. H.L.S. © AudioFile 2004, Portland, Maine

Product Details

BN ID:	2940169088915
Publisher:	Penguin Random House
Publication date:	04/27/2004
Edition description:	Abridged

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