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The owner of the bookshop The Verb To Be, is a red-haired giant imprisoned in an enormous body and his solitude. One wet afternoon, driving a vanload of new and second-hand books, Etienne Vollard knocks down and seriously injures a little girl, Eva. In the hospital, he meets Eva's mother, Therese, a struggling single parent who lacks maternal instincts and whose dream is to be faraway, alone. Both are haunted by guilt: Therese because of her lateness in collecting her daughter, and Vollard because he did not manage to stop his car on time (even if he knows that he could not have avoided Eva: indeed she seemed to throw herself in front of the car). Vollard visits Eva regularly while she is in a coma and reads books to her, while Therese spaces her visits out. When Eva eventually wakes up, she has become mute and is terribly weakened. A few weeks after Eva has been sent to a rehabilitation centre in the Massif de la Chartreuse, Therese gets a job faraway and asks Vollard to visit her daughter on her behalf. Soon, Vollard enjoys their walks in the mountain, where he tells her stories and poems he has memorized and tries to break her out of her mute, impassive shell. However, nothing seems to help "La Petite Chartreuse" - Vollard calls Eva that way in reference to the monastic order of the Chartreux - to enjoy life again. She becomes weaker everyday to such a point that Vollard decides to find Threse and to take her back to her daughter before it is too late...
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'This modest, subtle and achingly beautiful novel is nothing less than a magnificent achievement' -- Joseph O'Connor
This is an extremely beautiful sad book of unlikely collisions, moments of great tenderness, and awkward truth -- Audrey Niffenegger
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This is an extremely beautiful sad book of unlikely collisions, moments of great tenderness, and awkward truth -- Audrey Niffenegger
An outstanding prize winning, best-selling French novel.'An unbearable and magnificent novel - on how the ocean of literature breaks against the silence of childhood', Le Nouvel Observateur
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- PublisherThe Harvill Press
- Publication date2005
- ISBN 10 1843431920
- ISBN 13 9781843431923
- BindingHardcover
- Number of pages176
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Book Description Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 165 pages. dj worn The owner of the bookshop THE VERB TO BE, is a red-haired giant imprisoned in an enormous body and his soli tude. One wet afternoon, driving a vanload of new and second-hand books, -tienneVollard knocks down and seriously injures a little girl, -va. In the hospital, he meets -va's mother, Th-r-se, a st ruggling single parent who lacks maternal instincts and whose dre am is to be faraway, alone. Both are haunted by guilt: Th-r-se be cause of her lateness in collecting her daughter, and Vollard bec ause he did not manage to stop his car on time (even if he knows that he could not have avoided -va: indeed she seemed to throw he rself in front of the car). Vollard visits -va regularly while sh e is in a coma and reads books to her, while Th-r-se spaces her v isits out. When -va eventually wakes up, she has become mute and is terribly weakened. A few weeks after -va has been sent to a re habilitation centre in the Massif de la Chartreuse, Th-r-se gets a job faraway and asks Vollard to visit her daughter on her behal f. Soon, Vollard enjoys their walks in the mountain, where he tel ls her stories and poems he has memorized and tries to break her out of her mute, impassive shell. However, nothing seems to help 'La Petite Chartreuse' - Vollard calls -va that way in reference to the monastic order of the Chartreux - to enjoy life again. She becomes weaker everyday to such a point that Vollard decides to find Th-r-se and to take her back to her daughter before it is to o late . . . Praise for La Petite Chartreuse: ' An extraordinary novel about the power of speech and the silence of childhood' ALA IN SALLES, * Le Monde'A novel that pierces the night as a small m usic. And that leaves the reader stunned with admiration' OLIVIER LE NAIRE, L'Express. Seller Inventory # 1442h
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