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Jeanne, Jeanne, Jeanne
Publisher
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Stock
Parution date
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2000
EAN
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9782234052567
Description
For almost 37 years, he has been waiting to learn his mother’s identity. Armed only with her first name, he hires a private detective, desperate to find Jeanne before his birthday. The narrator’s breathless, gripping monologue informs us of every element of the inquiry, day after day, as he endures the unbearable wait. His hopes and fears, his most violent thoughts and toughest judgments—every intricate emotion is revealed. As the investigation continues and a meeting with Jeanne becomes imminent, the narrator turns from panic to anger. Emmanuel Adely’s exceptional literary talent enables us to experience the depth of his pain in this novel on absence and abandonment. Jeanne, Jeanne, Jeanne has been nominated for the Prix Médicis.
Author
Emmanuel Adely : Emmanuel Adely was born in Paris in 1962. Jeanne, Jeanne, Jeanne is his third novel after Les Cintres (Minuit, 1993) and Agar-agar (Stock, 1999).
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