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A propulsive, kaleidoscopic novel about a fractured family and the persistence of hope.One night, seventeen-year-old Wolf steals his mother's car and drives six hundred kilometers in search of his sister, who left home ten years ago. Unlicensed and on edge, he veers onto the wrong side of the road and causes an accident. He is arrested and incarcerated, forcing his mother and sister to reconnect and pick up the pieces in order to fight for his...

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Anita is waiting for Adam to be released from prison. They met twenty years ago at a New Year's Eve party in Paris, a city where they both felt out of place?he as a recent arrival from the provinces, and she as an immigrant from the island of Mauritius. They quickly fell in love, married, and moved to a village in southwestern France, to live on the shores of the Atlantic with their little girl, Laura. In order to earn a living, Adam has left ...

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Nathacha Appanah returns with a powerful, beautiful novel about lost youth on a far-flung, forgotten island

It all begins with a crash.One night, seventeen year old Wolf steals his mother's car and drives six hundred kilometres in search of his sister, who left home ten years ago. Unlicensed and on edge, he veers onto the wrong side of the road and causes an accident. He is arrested, imprisoned, and leaves his mother and sister to pick up the pieces.What follows is an unflinching account of the events that lead to this moment, told through the alter...

With the same careful observation, vivid description, and emotional resonance of her previous novel, "The Last Brother, " Appanah investigates the life of an artist, the question of cultural differences within a marriage, and the creation and destruction of a family.

A powerful examination of the artistic impulse, cultural identity, and family bondsAnita is waiting for Adam to be released from prison. They met twenty years ago at a New Year's Eve party in Paris, a city where they both felt out of place-he as a recent arrival from the provinces, and she as an immigrant from the island of Mauritius. They quickly fell in love, married, and moved to a village in southwestern France, to live on the shores of th...

A poetic and infinitely moving novel - sure to become a classic of literature about childhood.

This English translation first published in Great Britain by MacLehose Press in 2010"--T.p. verso.