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Second Best (Paperback)
David Foenkinos; Translated by Megan Jones
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R339
Discovery Miles 3 390
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Ships in 12 - 17 working days
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A magical imagining of the fate of a fictional boy whose life is
shaped forever when he loses out on the role of Harry Potter. In
1999 the search to find the actor to play Harry Potter began.
Hundreds of actors were auditioned, but only two remained. Martin
Hill was the the boy who wasn't chosen. A devastated Martin tries
to move on with his life. But how can he forget his failure?
Foenkinos' smash-hit Second Best is a playful, poignant story about
fate, loss and how the lives we wish we'd led might not be all
they're cracked up to be . . .
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Charlotte (Paperback, Main)
David Foenkinos; Translated by Sam Taylor
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R266
R235
Discovery Miles 2 350
Save R31 (12%)
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Ships in 12 - 17 working days
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Charlotte Salomon is born into a family stricken by suicide and a
country at war. But there is something exceptional about her - she
has a gift, a talent for painting. And she has a great love, for a
brilliant, eccentric musician. But just as she is coming into her
own as an artist, death is coming to control her country. The Nazis
have come to power and, as a Jew in Berlin, Charlotte's life is
narrowing, and she knows every second is precious. Inspiring,
unflinching, terrible and hopeful, Charlotte is the heartbreaking
true story of a life filled with curiosity, animated by genius and
cut short by hatred.
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The Martins (Paperback)
David Foenkinos; Translated by Sam Taylor
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R261
Discovery Miles 2 610
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Ships in 12 - 17 working days
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A disillusioned Parisian writer finds inspiration in the ordinary
lives of his neighbours, the Martins. 'A wonderful surprise'
L'Express Is it true that every life is the stuff of novels? Or are
some people just too ordinary? This is the question a struggling
Parisian writer asks when he challenges himself to write about the
first person he sees when he steps outside his apartment. Secretly
hoping to meet the beautiful woman who occasionally smokes on his
street, he instead sets eyes on octogenarian Madeleine. She's happy
to become the subject of his project, but first she needs to put
her shopping away... Wondering if his project is doomed to be
hopelessly banal, he soon finds himself tangled in the lives of
Madeleine's family. Though calm on the surface, the Martins have
secrets, troubles and woes, and the writer discovers that the most
compelling story is that of an ordinary life.
In the small town of Crozon in Brittany, a library houses
manuscripts that were rejected for publication: the faded dreams of
aspiring writers. Visiting while on holiday, young editor Delphine
Despero is thrilled to discover a novel so powerful that she feels
compelled to bring it back to Paris to publish it. The book is a
sensation, prompting fevered interest in the identity of its author
- apparently one Henri Pick, a now-deceased pizza chef from Crozon.
Sceptics cry that the whole thing is a hoax: how could this man
have written such a masterpiece? An obstinate journalist,
Jean-Michel Rouche, heads to Brittany to investigate. By turns
farcical and moving, The Mystery of Henri Pick is a fast-paced
comic mystery enriched by a deep love of books - and of the authors
who write them.
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Delicacy (Paperback)
David Foenkinos
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R431
R379
Discovery Miles 3 790
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Ships in 10 - 15 working days
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Natalie and Francois are the perfect couple, and perfectly
happy. But after Francois dies suddenly, only seven years into
their still blissful marriage, the widowed Natalie erects a
fortress around her emotions into which no one can gain access.
Until the most unlikely candidate appears: Markus, Natalie's
Swedish, geeky, and unassuming coworker.
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