By the Sea
Publisher
:
Actes Sud
Parution date
:
2001
EAN
:
9782742732494
Description
A desperate young mother decides to take her sons, ages five and seven, to the seashore. A first trip to the beach should be cause for celebration, yet somehow the joy she is seeking remains beyond her reach. The overnight bus ride is dark and cold. Stan and Kevin huddle together to stay warm. The many obstacles she must surmount, even for this outing alone, seem more than she can bear, and suddenly the only solution she can envision is something that, until now, had remained unthinkable. Véronique Olmi's exceptional narrative talent gives this novel its power. At a time when Americans are paying particular attention to the psychological repercussions of motherhood and post-partum depression, Bord de mer is of particular importance.
Author
Véronique Olmi : Born in 1962 in the south of France, Veronique Olmi is a playwright and a novelist. She studied drama and worked as an assistant director from 1990 to 1993, but is best known for her novels. In 2001, she was awarded the Alain Fournier literary prize for Bord de Mer (Beside the Sea, Peirene Press, 2010; Actes sud, 2003). Olmi also writes for Madame Figaro and is the artistic director of the “Paris des Femmes” theater festival, launched in January 2012.
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