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Mich le Desbordes grew up in Orl ans, France. She studied at the Sorbonne and eventually specialised as a book archivist, working in Parisian universities and also as a lecturer in Guadeloupe. The Maid's Request is her first novel, which was first published as La Demande in France to enormous critical acclaim. Her second novel, Le Commandement, is now a bestseller in France and will also be published by Faber.
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- VerlagFaber & Faber
- Erscheinungsdatum2003
- ISBN 10 0571210066
- ISBN 13 9780571210060
- EinbandTapa dura
- SpracheEnglisch
- Anzahl der Seiten160
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