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| Award | Year | Status | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Prix Goncourt | 2022 | Winner |
About This Book
A series of counterfactuals reconstructing the day of a motorcycle accident that killed the author's husband, asking what if each preceding decision had been different, as a meditation on contingency, fate, and the geography of grief.
About the Author
Brigitte Giraud is a French novelist born in 1960 in Sidi Bel Abbès, Algeria. She grew up in Lyon and has spent most of her adult life in that city. She worked for many years as a bookseller, an experience that deeply informed her relationship with literature and her sense of the reader. Read more →
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