Le Mariage (Magill’s Literary Annual 1991-2005)
At a glance:
- Author: Diane Johnson
- First Published: 2000
- Type of Work: Novel
- Time of Work: Late 1990’s
- Setting: Paris and environs, and Oregon
- Principal Characters: Anne-Sophie d’Argel, Tim Nolinger, Clara Holly Cray, Serge Cray, Delia Sadler, Estelle d’Argel
- Genres: Long fiction, Social realism
- Subjects: Acting or actors, France or French people, Love or romance, Murder or homicide, Twentieth century, Marriage, Paris, Adultery, Divorce, 1990’s, Oregon
- Locales: Paris, France, Oregon
The novel opens with an introduction to the principal characters, beginning with Clara, who has been married for a dozen years but has not acted since her first film and marriage to Serge. She lives an apparently luxurious life in a large house in Etang-la-reine, a suburb of Paris. She has a small, deaf son whom Serge insists on sending to boarding school, to Clara’s dismay. The cracks in this marriage become increasingly apparent as the novel progresses and Clara falls in love with her handsome and debonair neighbor, Antoine (who appeared in Johnson’s 1997 novel Le Divorce)....
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