Marion’s Way
Publisher
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Dilettante
Parution date
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EAN
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9782842636357
Number of pages
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157
Description
***German rights sold to Hanser***
Endless love is a common dream . . . but can it ever be a reality? High in the mountains above Chamonix, amid the ever-falling snow, a woman tries to answer that question.
Marion’s childhood in Annecy was peaceful: Her parents had a solid marriage, and her life was predictable and uneventful. Only summers in the mountains inspired her, gave a sense of who she could be.
As an adult, she attains her dream of living in her beloved mountain village of Chamonix, and yet she still feels that her life is on hold. Then, one day, Pierre walks into the bookshop she opened and her life seems to begin. Pierre is a true mountain man, a climber and guide for tourists. Gradually he draws Marion out of her safe world of books and the valleys to join him on the unfamiliar pathways and ever-expanding horizons of the mountain peaks.
As he takes Marion on progressively more challenging climbs, their love expands and their relationship solidifies. They marry and settle into the idyllic life that had been Marion’s dream. All they need, she thinks, is a child to crown their happiness. But there is no child, no next generation. The previous generation, however, suddenly reappears. Indeed, years ago, Pierre’s father vanished. Now his corpse is spit out at the foot of a melting glacier as part of a flow of man-made and natural detritus. Marion’s dream melts, too, exposing the faults of her childless marriage. Yet she is still attracted to the beauty of the mountains. One day she climbs alone, forsakes her dream of endless love, and gives herself to the everlasting snow.
Author
Jean-Philippe Mégnin : Jean-Philippe Mégnin teaches the history of science. This is his first novel.
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