Twice Weekly
Publisher
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Editions Albin Michel
Parution date
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2005
EAN
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9782226168092
Description
Bestselling author Christine Orban (One Day My Sister Disappeared, Random House, 2004) returns with a moving and at times hilarious novel of a young woman in analysis. At 20, the narrator in this emotionally charged portrait feels that her heart has gone numb. As the novel opens, she enters analysis, not because of unresolved childhood issues, but because of a pain so real as to be physical: her newlywed husband has been diagnosed with terminal cancer. With an entomologist's eye, the narrator captures every detail about the doctor and his office, including the frequent “ums” she hears herself utter, to the pleasantries, the sarcasms, the formalities, and the cries. Gradually, and reluctantly, as much in what is said as not, a tiny filament of hope appears. This is an exquisite rendering of one woman’s struggle to find happiness, and the words that could take her there.
Author
Christine Orban : Christine Orban grew up in Casablanca and is now a journalist as well as the author of a number of previous novels, including N’oublie pas d’être heureuse (Albin Michel 2009) and La mélancholie du Dimanche (Albin Michel, 2004). A memoir, One Day My Sister Disappeared, was published in English by Random House in 2004 and in Random House trade paperback in 2005.
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