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In the glittering world of manhattans french expats and 1942 quebec, a twentytwoyearold fashion designer on the cusp of launching her career is swept away by the charms of french writer and. The gift of a book can change the course of a childs life, writes ania szado in the acknowledgments of her recent historical novel studio saintex. A friend of ania szados mother gave 11yearold ania the little prince by antoine saintexupery and she read it and cherished the life lessons conveyed in the short novel, including the notion. Launched to coincide with the 70th anniversary of the little prince s publication, studio saintex centres on the fictional and tempestuous love triangle among saintexupery. A deeply evocative love story of a literary giant set in the glittering world of french expats in wwii manhattanfor fan. A national bestseller, it has sold to five countries to date. At the rumpus, we know how easy it is to find pop culture on the internet, so were here to give you something more challenging, to show you how beautiful things are when you step off the beaten path. Studio saintex hardcover june 4, 20 by ania szado author. A biography and became completely enamoured of its subject. Free shipping and pickup in store on eligible orders.
Ania szado is the bestselling author of studio saintex a novel about fashion and the little prince in 1940s nyc and beginning of was, which was regionally shortlisted for the commonwealth writers prize. A deeply evocative love story of a literary giant set in the glittering world of french expats in wwii manhattanfor fans of the paris wife. As a bookshop affiliate and an amazon associate, the rumpus earns a percentage from qualifying purchases. The pressure test for a novel like ania szados studio saintex comes in the material it adds to the writers wellknown legend. Electronic books biographical fiction fiction historical fiction history. Apr 12, 20 studio saintex and the best place on earth. Weve talked before about the delicious genre of historical fiction and the fictionalized memoir. The authors second novel studio saint ex is set in 1942 among the french expatriate community in new york. With studio saintex, she comes of age and fulfils the promise. Mignonne lachapelle leaves montreal for new york to make. The authors second novel studio saintex is set in 1942 among the french expatriate community in new york. Apr 19, 20 a friend of ania szados mother gave 11yearold ania the little prince by antoine saintexupery and she read it and cherished the life lessons conveyed in the short novel, including the notion. Studio saint ex is at once seductive and brimming with the restless energy of world war ii new york.
Ania szado toronto international festival of authors. In her delicious sophomore novel, ania szado dramatizes the childhood appetites that still rumble in adulthood. For fans of the paris wife, loving frank, and rules of civility, ania szado s studio saint ex explores themes of ambition, devotion, and inspiration in deft, sophisticated prose. Montrealer mignonne lachapelle has come to the city to begin her career as a fashion designer. France and america, high fashion and wartime austerity, the allure of flight and the magic of the written word. Against the backdrop of wwii manhattans glittering french expat community and emerging fashion scene, studio. Studio saint ex by ania szado, 9780307962799, available at book depository with free delivery worldwide. Studio saintex is at once seductive and brimming with the restless energy of world war ii new york. Studio saintex king county library system overdrive.
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This week book buzz was fortunate to host an online visit from ania szado. Szados primary embellishment is the ingenue mignonne. This sleek, stylish novel set in 1940s new york, between the shock of pearl harbor and the landing of american troops in europe. A sleek, stylish novel set in the sophisticated, dazzling new york of the 1940s, between the shock of pearl harbor and the first landing of american troops in europea deft, romantic novel about a wartime triangle involving a twentytwoyearold fashion designer poised to launch her promising career. Though the lives of the privileged tourists and the island locals are. She lives in toronto and holds an mfa in creative writing from the university of british columbia. Download for offline reading, highlight, bookmark or. Studio saintex is a fictionalized look at the time saintexupery lived in new. Chicago turabian humanities citation style guide szado, ania, studio saintex. She lives in canada, where studio saintex debuted as a national bestseller. In ania szados lyrical novel, the characters are pulled between worlds. She attended humber school for writers, studying under authors nino ricci and anne michaels.
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