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"Le coeur de Simon migrait dans un autre endroit du pays, ses reins, son foie et ses poumons gagnaient d'autres provinces, ils filaient vers d'autres corps". Réparer les vivants est le roman d'une transplantation cardiaque. Telle une chanson de geste, il tisse les présences et les espaces, les voix et les actes qui vont se relayer en vingt-quatre heures exactement. Roman de tension et de patience, d'accélérations...

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Named a most anticipated book of 2021 by The Guardian and The MillionsAn aesthetic and existential coming-of-age novel exploring the apprenticeship of a young female painter.In Maylis de Kerangal's Painting Time, we are introduced to the burgeoning young artist Paula Karst, who is enrolled at the famous Institut de Peinture in Brussels. Unlike the friends she makes at school, Paula strives to understand the specifics of what she's painting-rep...

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A beautiful collection of seven short stories and a novella themed around women's voices from the author of Mend the Living and Painting Time

Seven interconnected stories orbit a central novella to create a collection of tales which resonate with the sound of women's voices.A widower struggles to erase his wife's voice from his answering machine. Two old friends meet after a period apart and find they can no longer fit into their habitual rhythm. A woman records herself reading a poem for two sisters who obsessively collect voice recordings.At the heart of Canoes is "Mustang", in wh...

A highly original coming-of-age story: the artistic and emotional apprenticeship of a young decorative painter, from the award-winning author of Mend the Living

Independence: A powerful adventure tale that encourages self-reliance and self-esteem, and to be resilient and resourceful. Mentorship: A unique story of mentorship and friendship between a boy and a safe adult. Coming-of-age story: Sparse text and beautiful illustrations make Off the Beaten Track an ideal coming-of-age story for kids learning to find their self-confidence and ability to express themselves. Diverse family structures: Depicts a...

Behind the ornate doors of 30, rue du Métal in Brussels, twenty students begin their apprenticeship in the art of decorative painting - an art of tricksters and counterfeiters, where each knot in a plank of wood hides a secret and every vein in a slab of marble tells a story.Among these students are Kate, Jonas and Paula Karst. Together, during a relentless year of study, they will learn the techniques of reproducing materials in paint, whethe...

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A highly original coming-of-age story: the artistic and emotional apprenticeship of a young decorative painter, from the Wellcome Book Prize-winning author of Mend the Living.

A slim, bountiful, beautifully written (and gorgeously translated) 'Portrait of the Chef as a Young Man.'" --Nancy Klinke, The New York Times Book ReviewOne of BBC Culture's Ten Books to Read this March and The Rumpus Book Club Pick for MarchMaylis de Kerangal follows up her acclaimed novel The Heart with a dissection of the world of a young Parisian chefMore like a poetic biographical essay on a fictional person than a novel, The Cook is a co...

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Tre adolescenti di ritorno da una sessione di surf su un furgoncino tappezzato di sticker, tre big wave rider, esausti, stralunati ma felici, vanno incontro a un destino che sarà fatale per uno di loro. Incidente stradale, trauma cranico, coma irreversibile, e Simon Limbres entra nel limbo macabramente preannunciato nel suo cognome. Da quel momento, una macchina inesorabile si mette in moto: bisogna salvare almeno il cuore. La scelta disperata...

Tre adolescenti di ritorno da una sessione di surf su un furgoncino tappezzato di sticker, tre big wave rider, esausti, stralunati ma felici, vanno incontro a un destino che sarà fatale per uno di loro. Incidente stradale, trauma cranico, coma irreversibile, e Simon Limbres entra nel limbo macabramente preannunciato nel suo cognome. Da quel momento, una macchina inesorabile si mette in moto: bisogna salvare almeno il cuore. La scelta disperata...

Winner of the Wellcome Book Prize 2017.Longlisted for the Man Booker International Prize 2016. Now a major French film, REPARER LES VIVANTS/HEAL THE LIVING, directed by Katell Quillevere and starring Emmanuelle Seigner.A twenty-four-hour whirlwind of death and life.In the depths of a winter's night, the heart of Simon Limbeau is resting, readying itself for the day to come. In a few hours' time, just before six, his alarm will go off and he wi...

The multi-award-winning compact epic of passion, ambition and the American Dream.

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