This is one of those books that has been on my radar for a while, despite not hearing many people talk about it. Mar 29, 2017 add nothing holds back the night to your tbr. No and me is her first novel to be published in english. Though she admitted that much of the book was based on her family history, she. Lou bertignac, the me of the books title, is a yearold girl who lives in paris. Nothing holds back the night, awarded the prix du roman fnac, the prix roman france televisions, and the prix renaudot des lyceens. This sophisticated psychological thriller skillfully blurs the line between fact and fiction, reality and artifice. No and me is her fourth novel and was first published in france in 2007. The other students snigger when lou gets yet another question right. Her first published work, jours sans faim 2001, was published under the pseudonym lou delvig, although since then she has. Following the books success, she became a fulltime professional writer. Her breakthrough work was the book no et moi no and me that was awarded the prix des libraires the booksellers prize in france in 2008. Feb 08, 2014 this feature is not available right now. Though she admitted that much of the book was based on her family history, she also fictionalized aspects of their lives.
Delphine a very successful french writer, coming off her most popular book yet. Although her parents are welloff, her life shows that money cant guarantee happiness. She published her first novel, jours sans faim, in 2001 under the pseudonym lou delvig, and since then has released a string of successful novels under her own name, including the awardwinning no and me and based on a true story. Contentious material about living persons that is unsourced or poorly sourced must be removed immediately, especially if potentially libelous or harmful. Underground time, shortlisted for the 2009 prix goncourt. She published her first novel, days without hunger, in 2001 under the pseudonym lou delvig, and since then has released a string of successful novels under her own name, including the awardwinning no and me and based on a true story. No and me, awarded the 2008 prix des libraires booksellers prize. Help about wikipedia community portal recent changes contact page.
I dont think it is a novel, but i respect the authors honesty in not calling it a memoir. So i came to this, her new novel, quite ready to have my head messed with, to succumb all over again to whatever whirlwind this intoxicating. Discover more authors youll love listening to on audible. Im interested in insidious violence, the kind that doesnt leave traces. A dizzying, psychoanalytical story within a story fascinating le point. Download for offline reading, highlight, bookmark or take notes while you read no and me. In the novel, delphine is crippled by writers block after the doubleedged response to her last book never explicitly named here. Lou bertignac, the me of the book s title, is a yearold girl who lives in paris. We ask you to make a distinction between a complaint and cancellation. Download for offline reading, highlight, bookmark or take notes while you read based on a true story. A bestselling writer meets a woman, much like herself, who challenges everything she believes about writing and reality.
This biography of a living person needs additional citations for verification. To read this exact book is to engage in an act of silent witness to a private account that is also a wider. She is the new french bankable prizewinning author. Im interested in insidious violence, the kind that doesnt leave traces her books, which include the bleakly beautiful nothing holds. Her breakthrough work was the book no et moi no and. Get it today with same day delivery, order pickup or drive up. Lou is a lonely year old girl who has been accelerated at school twice.
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