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EAN : 9782260029229
Shaping : BROCHE
Pages : 360
Size : 130 x 205 mm
The Missing Woman

Release date : 18/08/2016
A writer leaves on an unplanned trip on the roads of France. As he meets people along the way, his flight transforms into an adventure, wandering into a past of which he was completely unaware.
Because his wife left him, Augustin feels forced to sell the house where they had lived together. Unable to support the sight of it, he gets in his car and takes off. Looking for some way to quench the anxiety that’s devouring him, he drives around France in search of... Because his wife left him, Augustin feels forced to sell the house where they had lived together. Unable to support the sight of it, he gets in his car and takes off. Looking for some way to quench the anxiety that’s devouring him, he drives around France in search of a place to take refuge. He ends up adopting a false identity and getting a job at his family’s chateau, the very one in which his mother grew up. Disoriented, furious, brilliant, and desperate, Augustin strives to reconstruct the history of the woman he’s been running away from for his entire life. As he pieces together certain mysteries, she ends up becoming more human in his eyes…With prose hurtling at top speed, this new novel with hints of farce once more conjures the singular universe that Lionel Duroy has long explored in his works.
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EAN : 9782260029229
Shaping : BROCHE
Pages : 360
Size : 130 x 205 mm
Julliard