Helen Stevenson

Author of Instructions for Visitors: Life and Love in a French Town

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Helen Stevenson grew up in South Yorkshire and studied modern languages at Oxford. She is a translator. She lives in London, England.

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Instructions for Visitors: Life and Love in a French Town (2001) 125 copies, 1 review

Mad Elaine (1998) 21 copies

Love Like Salt: A Memoir (2016) 11 copies

Pierrot Lunaire (1995) 3 copies

Windfall (1996) 3 copies

Funk & Wagnalls Comprehensive Standard Dictionary (1933) 1 copy

Balancing 1 copy

Balancing : balancing with friends 1 copy

Black Moses 1 copy

Instruções para Visitantes 1 copy

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Food for Free (1972) — Editor — 394 copies, 3 reviews

Broken Glass (2005) — Translator, some editions — 278 copies, 14 reviews

Black Moses (2015) — Translator, some editions — 246 copies, 11 reviews

Memoirs of a Porcupine (2006) — Translator, some editions — 204 copies, 15 reviews

Small Boat (2023) — Translator, some editions — 169 copies, 6 reviews

My Phantom Husband (1998) — Translator, some editions — 164 copies, 3 reviews

The Lights of Pointe-Noire (2011) — Translator, some editions — 92 copies, 3 reviews

The Missing Piece: A Novel (2002) — Translator, some editions — 92 copies, 2 reviews

Jealousy: The Other Life of Catherine M. (2008) — Translator, some editions — 86 copies, 3 reviews

The Death of Comrade President (2018) — Translator, some editions — 59 copies, 1 review

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Gender: female
Occupations: novelist
translator
Nationality: UK
Places of residence: London, England, UK
Map Location: England

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Instructions for Visitors: Life and Love in a French Town by Helen Stevenson

Subtitle: Life and Love in a French Town. This is a memoir of the author’s experiences as a young British expatriate living in a village near the Spanish border.

Her writing is very atmospheric and I really felt as if I were in the French countryside. I loved the way she described certain people or scenes: “ …she had the face of someone put together by a police artist.” But I have to admit I was somewhat frustrated by her head-over-heels feeling for Luc – cowboy, painter, dentist show more and lothario. He was bad news from the beginning and I never understood the attraction for her. Still it was a charming read and it made me want to experience this kind of village life for myself. show less

Jan 13, 2016