Buried deep in rural France, little remains of the isolated hamlet
of the Three Lone Girls, save a few houses and a curiously
assembled quartet: Patrice Bergogne, inheritor of his family’s
farm; his wife, Marion; their daughter, Ida; and their neighbour,
Christine, an artist. While Patrice plans a surprise for his
wife’s fortieth birthday, inexplicable events start to disrupt
the hamlet’s quiet existence: anonymous, menacing letters, an
unfamiliar car rolling up the driveway. And as night falls,
strangers stalk the houses, unleashing a nightmarish chain of
events. Â Â Told in rhythmic, propulsive prose that
weaves seamlessly from one consciousness to the next over the
course of a day, Laurent Mauvignier’s The Birthday Party is a
deft unravelling of the stories we hide from others and from
ourselves, a gripping tale of the violent irruptions of the past
into the present, written by a major contemporary French writer.
General
Imprint: |
Fitzcarraldo Editions
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Country of origin: |
United Kingdom |
Release date: |
2023 |
First published: |
2022 |
Authors: |
Laurent Mauvignier
|
Translators: |
Daniel Becker
|
Dimensions: |
198 x 129 x 29mm (L x W x T) |
Format: |
Paperback
|
Pages: |
504 |
ISBN-13: |
978-1-80427-022-6 |
Subtitles: |
French
|
Categories: |
Books
|
LSN: |
1-80427-022-9 |
Barcode: |
9781804270226 |
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