The Fortress: A Love Story
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| Rating | : | 4.50 (853 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0062459015 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 336 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2013-05-19 |
| Language | : | English |
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(Lev Grossman, bestselling author of The Magicians) . “A brave and wrenching memoir, Danielle Trussoni’s The Fortress will captivate the many readers who are already in love with her magical novels I dare you to put this book down once you read the opening page. Danielle Trussoni’s clear-eyed examination of how she loved and lost her husband is both a page-turner and a profound meditation on the nature of desire and freedom in the modern age.” (Cheryl Strayed, bestselling author of Wild.)“A memoir that reads like a fairy tale….entertaini
A painfully beautiful tale of fascination and betrayal I was originally drawn into Trussoni's misshapen love story when she published a series of stories as a "True Love" column on The Rumpus. She indicated that she was in the process of crafting a memoir. As I eagerly awaited each new installment of the story of her and The Magician, I knew that this book was something worth waiting for; when the column was taken off the site and I found that the book had a publication date, I pre-ordered it immediately. Thus the wait began.Deftly weaving together the elements of her story, Trussoni effortlessly shifts from the heavy strangeness of La Commanderie—a fortress in rural France—t. Amazon Customer said Consumed it in a day and wanted more!. Loved this book even though it was painful to read at times. It's a story of a spectacularly failed marriage that is personal, riveting and impossible to put down. I consumed in a day and wanted more. What a fascinating writer. Can't wait to read more of her work.. Love in France Linda Bass This a wonderful, if somewhat painful book. It's so well-written, it reads like a novel. I read it till I was too tired to read anymore. I highly recommend it.
As a writer, story was all that mattered. Eight years later, hopeful to renew their marriage, Danielle and her husband move to the south of France, to a picturesque medieval village in the Languedoc. But I wasn’t another woman. It is here, in a haunted stone fortress built by the Knights Templar, that she comes to understand the dark, subterranean forces that have been following her all along. While Danielle and her husband eventually part, Danielle's time in the fortress brings precious wisdom about life and love that she could not have learned otherwise. The Fortress is Peter Mayle meets Eat, Pray, Love, a gorgeously written account of one woman’s journey to the
She has lived in Japan, England, Bulgaria, and France. She is also the author of the internationally bestselling novels Angelology and Angelopolis, which have been translated into more than thirty languages. She currently lives in New York City.. Danielle Trussoni is the author of the critically acclaimed memoir Falling Through the Earth, selected as o