The Accidentals - Guadalupe Nettel But Amane falls in line

But Amane falls in line with society's way of thinking and wants a regular 'clean' marriage

Unjustly deported to Devil's Island following Louis-Napoleon's coup-d'état in December 1851

Unwilling to relinquish their tender bond

intricate upper-class life of Osaka immediately before World War Two

Superbly translated by Sophie Hughes

The Accidentals - Guadalupe Nettel But Amane falls in lineWhen an albatross strays too far from its home, or loses its bearings, it becomes an accidental, an unmoored wanderer. The protagonists of these eight stories each find the ordinary courses of their lives disrupted by an unexpected event and are pushed into unfamiliar terrain: a girl encounters her uncle in hospital, who was cast out of the family for reasons unknown; a menacing force hovers over a fracturing family on a rural holiday; a couple and