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Martins

Foenkinos David
Heftet / 2022 / Engelsk

Produktdetaljer

ISBN
9781913547301
Publisert
2022-06-16
Utgiver
Vendor
Gallic Books
Høyde
215 mm
Bredde
134 mm
Aldersnivå
G, 01
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Heftet
Antall sider
256

Forfatter
Foenkinos David

Om bidragsyterne

David Foenkinos is the author of 17 novels which have been translated into 40 languages. His novel Delicacy was made into a film starring Audrey Tautou. He received the 2014 Prix Renaudot and Prix Goncourt des lyceens for Charlotte. Sam Taylor is the author of The Republic of Trees (2005), The Amnesiac (2007), The Island at the End of the World (2009), The Ground is Burning (2011), all published by Faber and Faber UK. Sam's translations include award winning HHhH (2012), The Truth About the Harry Quebert Affair (2014) and The Heart (2017). He lives in Texas with his family.

Martins

Foenkinos David
Heftet / 2022 / Engelsk
Foenkinos David
Heftet / 2022 / Engelsk
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'By entering the fabric of an everyday French family, he tells a story of life as it really is, with its minor dramas and major sorrows' Le Figaro Litteraire



'Clever, well-written, and brilliantly rises to the impossible challenge the author set himself: telling the story of uneventful lives ... Perhaps the most "Foenkinosien" novel of a unique writer who swims against the current of French literary trends. His style, whilst melancholic, is insuppressibly optimistic. If you had to file him in a manual of literary history, you might class him alongside the writers of the eighteenth century, but with the playfulness of Tintin' L'Obs



'It's hard to resist getting caught up in the (literary) game when the experiment turns into one of the warm-hearted, wickedly funny comedies the Delicacy author is so good at ... A talented author who ... has always known how to reinvent himself' Le Figaro



'The book's success lies in its comic reversal of roles: it's the characters who lead the author around by the nose ... David Foenkinos is at his best in this playful novel' Elle



'There's a message to be taken from Foenkinos's trademark lovely, clever comedy - which is, of course, a fiction from start to finish: the writer is never a neutral observer' Le Journal du Dimanche



'A wonderful surprise - light, fizzy, at once uplifting and melancholic and, above all, filled with twists, role reversals and self-deprecation. The Delicacy author's trademark is well and truly stamped on this book: a serious author who doesn't take himself seriously ... With the lightest of touches, the author takes us behind the scenes of literary creation, and into the eternal nebula of human relationships' L'Express



'Playing with the rules of autofiction and family comedy, Foenkinos has created a multi-layered novel' Le Parisien

A disillusioned Parisian writer finds inspiration in the ordinary lives of his neighbours, the Martins. 'A wonderful surprise' L'Express Is it true that every life is the stuff of novels? Or are some people just too ordinary? This is the question a struggling Parisian writer asks when he challenges himself to write about the first person he sees when he steps outside his apartment. Secretly hoping to meet the beautiful woman who occasionally smokes on his street, he instead sets eyes on octogenarian Madeleine. She's happy to become the subject of his project, but first she needs to put her shopping away... Wondering if his project is doomed to be hopelessly banal, he soon finds himself tangled in the lives of Madeleine's family. Though calm on the surface, the Martins have secrets, troubles and woes, and the writer discovers that the most compelling story is that of an ordinary life.
Les mer
A Parisian writer lacking inspiration finds the heroine of his next novel outside his apartment. Telling the story of octogenarian Madeleine and her family, he finds himself drawn deeper and deeper into their lives - with unexpected consequences.
Les mer

Praise for The Mystery of Henri Pick:

‘A charming, quirky addition to the whimsical subgenre of books about book lovers, done with a light Gallic touch’ The Guardian, Top 50 Books of the Summer

‘A dull pizza chef becomes the author of an unlikely bestseller in this charming novel about the literary life’ Sunday Times, 100 Best Summer Reads

‘A charming literary caper . . . A playfully droll satire of the French publishing scene and a completely delightful jeu d'esprit’ Daily Mail

‘An elegant, irresistibly farcical comic mystery based around a library of rejected manuscripts, Foenkinos' playful satire is the perfect feelgood read. An ideal novel for bibliophiles everywhere, The Mystery of Henri Pick abounds with Gallic wit and charm’ Waterstones


Praise for Charlotte:

‘Foenkinos writes arrestingly about Charlotte, masterfully imagining her interior life . . . So much space on the page visually transforms each paragraph into a stanza, while lending the words a solemn weight and power . . . [A] beautiful, wretched story’ The Guardian

‘From its striking first sentence there is no turning away . . . A far superior tribute to any commemorative plaque’ Irish Times

‘I am deeply, deeply affected by this sad, beautiful, indignant, wrenching, important book . . . It is an artistic privilege and (I think) almost a moral duty that you all read this’ Sarah Perry, author of The Essex Serpent

‘An astonishing novel. Every line has something profound to say about love and loss, hope and fear, time and memory, and the enduring power of art’ Andrew Michael Hurley, author of The Loney


Praise for Delicacy:

‘Reads like an Amélie for grown-ups ... This tragic-comic smasher from the fantastic French author David Foenkinos has made a huge impact in his home country ... Written with [an] irresistible charm, this novel's delicacy and lightness is given weight by the undercurrent of grief and broken hearts’ Stylist

‘A more whimsical, less knowing variation on David Nicholls' blockbuster One Day ... unputdownable ... Immensely likeable, unexpectedly compelling and moving’ Irish Times

Les mer
Galleys available for booksellers, press, media and influencers - both digital and physical. Broad campaign for coverage, targeting outlets who have previously reviewed Foenkinos such as The Guardian and the Daily Mail. Pitching to radio shows and podcasts. Foenkinos is a fluent English speaker and will be available for interviews and features. Targeted campaign for coverage in relevant publications and online outlets: Breathe Magazine, Calm Magazine, InStyle, Womankind, NB Magazine, Bookanista and Strong Words Magazine. Targeted promotion in Francophile spaces such as the French Institute, My French Life and Paris for Dreamers. Promotion through publisher social media including paid Facebook advertising. Promotion through publisher website (www.belgraviabooks.com) and newsletters.
Les mer

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'By entering the fabric of an everyday French family, he tells a story of life as it really is, with its minor dramas and major sorrows' Le Figaro Litteraire



'Clever, well-written, and brilliantly rises to the impossible challenge the author set himself: telling the story of uneventful lives ... Perhaps the most "Foenkinosien" novel of a unique writer who swims against the current of French literary trends. His style, whilst melancholic, is insuppressibly optimistic. If you had to file him in a manual of literary history, you might class him alongside the writers of the eighteenth century, but with the playfulness of Tintin' L'Obs



'It's hard to resist getting caught up in the (literary) game when the experiment turns into one of the warm-hearted, wickedly funny comedies the Delicacy author is so good at ... A talented author who ... has always known how to reinvent himself' Le Figaro



'The book's success lies in its comic reversal of roles: it's the characters who lead the author around by the nose ... David Foenkinos is at his best in this playful novel' Elle



'There's a message to be taken from Foenkinos's trademark lovely, clever comedy - which is, of course, a fiction from start to finish: the writer is never a neutral observer' Le Journal du Dimanche



'A wonderful surprise - light, fizzy, at once uplifting and melancholic and, above all, filled with twists, role reversals and self-deprecation. The Delicacy author's trademark is well and truly stamped on this book: a serious author who doesn't take himself seriously ... With the lightest of touches, the author takes us behind the scenes of literary creation, and into the eternal nebula of human relationships' L'Express



'Playing with the rules of autofiction and family comedy, Foenkinos has created a multi-layered novel' Le Parisien

A disillusioned Parisian writer finds inspiration in the ordinary lives of his neighbours, the Martins. 'A wonderful surprise' L'Express Is it true that every life is the stuff of novels? Or are some people just too ordinary? This is the question a struggling Parisian writer asks when he challenges himself to write about the first person he sees when he steps outside his apartment. Secretly hoping to meet the beautiful woman who occasionally smokes on his street, he instead sets eyes on octogenarian Madeleine. She's happy to become the subject of his project, but first she needs to put her shopping away... Wondering if his project is doomed to be hopelessly banal, he soon finds himself tangled in the lives of Madeleine's family. Though calm on the surface, the Martins have secrets, troubles and woes, and the writer discovers that the most compelling story is that of an ordinary life.
Les mer
A Parisian writer lacking inspiration finds the heroine of his next novel outside his apartment. Telling the story of octogenarian Madeleine and her family, he finds himself drawn deeper and deeper into their lives - with unexpected consequences.
Les mer

Praise for The Mystery of Henri Pick:

‘A charming, quirky addition to the whimsical subgenre of books about book lovers, done with a light Gallic touch’ The Guardian, Top 50 Books of the Summer

‘A dull pizza chef becomes the author of an unlikely bestseller in this charming novel about the literary life’ Sunday Times, 100 Best Summer Reads

‘A charming literary caper . . . A playfully droll satire of the French publishing scene and a completely delightful jeu d'esprit’ Daily Mail

‘An elegant, irresistibly farcical comic mystery based around a library of rejected manuscripts, Foenkinos' playful satire is the perfect feelgood read. An ideal novel for bibliophiles everywhere, The Mystery of Henri Pick abounds with Gallic wit and charm’ Waterstones


Praise for Charlotte:

‘Foenkinos writes arrestingly about Charlotte, masterfully imagining her interior life . . . So much space on the page visually transforms each paragraph into a stanza, while lending the words a solemn weight and power . . . [A] beautiful, wretched story’ The Guardian

‘From its striking first sentence there is no turning away . . . A far superior tribute to any commemorative plaque’ Irish Times

‘I am deeply, deeply affected by this sad, beautiful, indignant, wrenching, important book . . . It is an artistic privilege and (I think) almost a moral duty that you all read this’ Sarah Perry, author of The Essex Serpent

‘An astonishing novel. Every line has something profound to say about love and loss, hope and fear, time and memory, and the enduring power of art’ Andrew Michael Hurley, author of The Loney


Praise for Delicacy:

‘Reads like an Amélie for grown-ups ... This tragic-comic smasher from the fantastic French author David Foenkinos has made a huge impact in his home country ... Written with [an] irresistible charm, this novel's delicacy and lightness is given weight by the undercurrent of grief and broken hearts’ Stylist

‘A more whimsical, less knowing variation on David Nicholls' blockbuster One Day ... unputdownable ... Immensely likeable, unexpectedly compelling and moving’ Irish Times

Les mer
Galleys available for booksellers, press, media and influencers - both digital and physical. Broad campaign for coverage, targeting outlets who have previously reviewed Foenkinos such as The Guardian and the Daily Mail. Pitching to radio shows and podcasts. Foenkinos is a fluent English speaker and will be available for interviews and features. Targeted campaign for coverage in relevant publications and online outlets: Breathe Magazine, Calm Magazine, InStyle, Womankind, NB Magazine, Bookanista and Strong Words Magazine. Targeted promotion in Francophile spaces such as the French Institute, My French Life and Paris for Dreamers. Promotion through publisher social media including paid Facebook advertising. Promotion through publisher website (www.belgraviabooks.com) and newsletters.
Les mer

Produktdetaljer

ISBN
9781913547301
Publisert
2022-06-16
Utgiver
Vendor
Gallic Books
Høyde
215 mm
Bredde
134 mm
Aldersnivå
G, 01
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Heftet
Antall sider
256

Forfatter
Foenkinos David

Om bidragsyterne

David Foenkinos is the author of 17 novels which have been translated into 40 languages. His novel Delicacy was made into a film starring Audrey Tautou. He received the 2014 Prix Renaudot and Prix Goncourt des lyceens for Charlotte. Sam Taylor is the author of The Republic of Trees (2005), The Amnesiac (2007), The Island at the End of the World (2009), The Ground is Burning (2011), all published by Faber and Faber UK. Sam's translations include award winning HHhH (2012), The Truth About the Harry Quebert Affair (2014) and The Heart (2017). He lives in Texas with his family.

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