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Fiction, Novel
Paperback book
When Professor Blinks and his blended family arrive in Touraine, ‘the Garden of France’, for a sabbatical year, they begin to discover that their lodgings will offer experiences more unforeseen than old-world grandeur and blocked drains. Their landlady, Mme de Monzets-Merveylles, will confound their expectations, test their powers of comprehension and, quite possibly, their hold on reality.
James Grieve‘s Something in Common, sophisticated and wry, draws the reader through an entanglement of intercultural misunderstanding, both comic and tragic.
“Grieve has taught English to the French and French to the English and these experiences are the basis of this very witty novella.” Sydney Morning Herald
“Grieve finds just the descriptive touches to create the right atmosphere for the times…” Stephen Saunders, The Canberra Times
James Grieve taught English to the French and French to the English. He translated books from the French, including Robert Lacour-Gayet’s Concise History of Australia and the first two parts of Marcel Proust’s A la recherche du temps perdu. He published two novels for young adults, A Season of Grannies and They’re only Human. His first published fiction for adults, Something in Common, was released by Finlay Lloyd in 2010.
Fiction, Novel
Paperback book
When Professor Blinks and his blended family arrive in Touraine, ‘the Garden of France’, for a sabbatical year, they begin to discover that their lodgings will offer experiences more unforeseen than old-world grandeur and blocked drains. Their landlady, Mme de Monzets-Merveylles, will confound their expectations, test their powers of comprehension and, quite possibly, their hold on reality.
James Grieve‘s Something in Common, sophisticated and wry, draws the reader through an entanglement of intercultural misunderstanding, both comic and tragic.
“Grieve has taught English to the French and French to the English and these experiences are the basis of this very witty novella.” Sydney Morning Herald
“Grieve finds just the descriptive touches to create the right atmosphere for the times…” Stephen Saunders, The Canberra Times
James Grieve taught English to the French and French to the English. He translated books from the French, including Robert Lacour-Gayet’s Concise History of Australia and the first two parts of Marcel Proust’s A la recherche du temps perdu. He published two novels for young adults, A Season of Grannies and They’re only Human. His first published fiction for adults, Something in Common, was released by Finlay Lloyd in 2010.