The Woman in the Fifth
by Douglas Kennedyliterary work· published 2007
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Harry Ricks is a man who has lost everything. A romantic mistake at the small American college where he used to teach has cost him his job, his marriage and his relationship with his only child. Ans when the ensuing scandal threatens to completely destroy him, he votes with his feet and flees... to Paris. He arrives in the French capital in the bleak mindwinter, where a serie af accidental encounters lands him in a grubby quarter, and a job as a nightwatchman for a sinister operation. Just when Harry begins to think that he has hit rock bottom, romance enters his life. Her name is Margit — an elegant, cultivated Hungarian émigré, long resident in Paris — widowed and, like Harry, alone. But though Harry is soon smitten with her, Margit keeps her distance.
Adaptations (1)
The Woman in the Fifth was adapted into a 2011 film.
The Woman in the Fifth2011 · film · 84 min · dir. Pawel Pawlikowski · IMDb ↗An American writer moves to Paris to be closer to his daughter and finds himself falling immediately on hard times.
