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Robert Laffont
EAN : 9782221266779
Shaping : BROCHE
Pages : 192
Size : 130 x 200 mm
Lifeblood

Collection : La Bête noire
Release date : 04/01/2024
Ghjulia, a forty-year-old woman living in Paris, is returning to Corsica to organize her inheritance after her brother’s death. The family home and its grounds are in the care of her cousin Jean, a man capable of the best as well as of the worst. Upon arriving, Ghjulia meets Julie,... Ghjulia, a forty-year-old woman living in Paris, is returning to Corsica to organize her inheritance after her brother’s death. The family home and its grounds are in the care of her cousin Jean, a man capable of the best as well as of the worst. Upon arriving, Ghjulia meets Julie, her cousin’s young friend, and is mesmerized by her beauty.
The family reunion is disturbed by a looming menace: cartridge cases are being discovered inside the grounds. Ghjulia is torn between the desire to reconnect with her roots and anger about aggressive confrontations with the locals. Memories come flooding back, especially those of Antoine, her brother, who has lived in the family home for his whole life. Haunted by the vision of a well coming alive and a hostile earth trying to swallow her up, Ghjulia realizes that this land into which she has been born is her cradle as well as the tomb trying to imprison her forever.  Under the scorching sun, minds are heating up and perceptions are being warped. Faced with the looming menace, Ghjulia has to make a choice: to escape it or to confront it head on…
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EAN : 9782221266779
Shaping : BROCHE
Pages : 192
Size : 130 x 200 mm
Robert Laffont