Lean on Me (eBook)

Serge Joncour (Autor)

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2025
336 Seiten
Pushkin Press (Verlag)
978-1-80533-428-6 (ISBN)

Infos

A prize-winning bestseller in France, this is the unlikely love story of two lonely people in Paris.When a flock of crows invades their shared apartment block, farmer-turned-debt collector Ludovic and fashion designer Aurore speak for the first time. With nothing but the birds in common, the two are destined for separate lives, yet are drawn inexplicably together.With one trapped in an unhappy marriage and the other lost in grief, the city of love has brought each of them only isolation and pain. As Aurore faces losing her business and Ludovic questions the ethics of his job, they begin a passionate affair. Love between such different people seems doomed to failure, but for these two unhappy souls trapped in ruthless worlds, perhaps loving one another is the greatest form of resistance.From the award-winning author of Wild Dog, Lean on Me explores the realities of unlikely love, and how connection and intimacy offer us an escape from all that is harsh and cold in our modern day lives.

Autor

Serge Joncour is a novelist and screenwriter. He was born in Paris in 1961 and studied philosophy at university before deciding to become a writer. He wrote the screenplay for Sarah's Key starring Kristin Scott Thomas, released in 2011. Wild Dog, winner of the Prix Landerneau des Lecteurs in France, is the first of his novels to be published in English.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 1.1.2025
• Übersetzer: Jane Aitken
• Verlagsort: London
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Literatur ► Romane / Erzählungen
• Schlagworte: 2020 book of the year • Book Club Pick • capital and commodity • chaos of love • Chris Whitaker • eerie and sensual • French bestseller • Lean On Me • love and resistance • modern-day life pressures • modern fairy tale • New York Journal of Books review • New York Times books in translation • parisian love story • Parisian scenes • passion and intimacy • Prix Interallié 2018 • Societal critique • Strong Words Magazine • The Guardian review • Thoughtful writing • translated fiction • vacation reading • wild dog
• ISBN-10: 1-80533-428-X / 180533428X
• ISBN-13: 978-1-80533-428-6 / 9781805334286