The Paris Trilogy
A Life in Three Stories
$35.99
- Hardcover
240 pages
- Release Date
18 June 2024
Summary
The Paris Trilogy is celebrated French author Colombe Schneck’s first English language publication, translated by Lauren Elkin and Natasha Lehrer.
Writing in response to Annie Ernaux and in conversation with Elena Ferrante, Colombe Schneck’s three semi-autobiographical takes on a woman’s life form an elegant, powerful exploration of sexuality, bodily autonomy, friendship, loss and renewal.
Colombe is seventeen in 1984 and carefree, busy discovering sex and studying fo…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781398529397 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 1398529397 |
| Author: | Colombe Schneck, Lauren Elkin, Natasha Lehrer |
| Publisher: | Simon & Schuster Ltd |
| Imprint: | Simon & Schuster Ltd |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 240 |
| Release Date: | 18 June 2024 |
| Weight: | 100g |
| Dimensions: | 216mm x 135mm x 22mm |
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Critics Review
‘This is valuable writing. It has immense vitality. You will encounter a female narrator whose direct and bright-eyed stare at the world, and herself, is without shame or faux modesty. At the same time, it is also a deep study of existence, at various ages and stages in life.’
* Deborah Levy *
‘The ‘movements’ of The Paris Trilogy thrum with life, sparkle with insight. It was an exhilarating read. I’ve never encountered a more perfect depiction of how the world shrinks when you understand that you’re a ‘girl’, rather than a ‘person’.’
* Natasha Brown *‘Colombe Schneck writes with bracing intelligence and lucidity; she sees the world, and herself, with hard won clarity. A brave, beautiful, uncommonly tender book about love, death, sex and survival.’ * Katie Kitamura *
‘Seventeen mines a trauma all too common for women and is published at a time when France has just enshrined abortion rights in their constitution. I found it a tale of frank retrospection, a mature woman looking back on her naive self with love and respect. It is immensely readable and still sadly relevant. Give it to every young woman you know.’
* Monique Roffey *
About The Author
Colombe Schneck
Colombe Schneck is the director of four documentary films, the author of eleven books of fiction and non-fiction, and has received prizes from the Académie Française, Madame Figaro and the Society of French Writers, as well as having been shortlisted for the Renaudot, Femina and Interallié prizes. She lives in Paris.
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