Description
| Product ID: | 9781804270226 |
| Product Form: | Paperback / softback |
| Country of Manufacture: | GB |
| Title: | The Birthday Party |
| Authors: | Author: Laurent Mauvignier, Daniel Levin Becker |
| Page Count: | 504 |
| Subjects: | Modern and contemporary fiction: general and literary, Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945), Crime and mystery fiction, Thriller / suspense fiction, Fiction in translation, Crime & mystery, Thriller / suspense, Fiction in translation |
| Description: | Select Guide Rating Told in rhythmic, propulsive prose that weaves seamlessly from one consciousness to the next over the course of a day, Laurent Mauvignier’s The Birthday Party is a gripping tale of the violent irruptions of the past into the present, written by a major contemporary French writer. Buried deep in rural France, little remains of the isolated hamlet of the Three Lone Girls, save a few houses and a curiously assembled quartet: Patrice Bergogne, inheritor of his family’s farm; his wife, Marion; their daughter, Ida; and their neighbour, Christine, an artist. While Patrice plans a surprise for his wife’s fortieth birthday, inexplicable events start to disrupt the hamlet’s quiet existence: anonymous, menacing letters, an unfamiliar car rolling up the driveway. And as night falls, strangers stalk the houses, unleashing a nightmarish chain of events. Told in rhythmic, propulsive prose that weaves seamlessly from one consciousness to the next over the course of a day, Laurent Mauvignier’s The Birthday Party is a deft unravelling of the stories we hide from others and from ourselves, a gripping tale of the violent irruptions of the past into the present, written by a major contemporary French writer. |
| Imprint Name: | Fitzcarraldo Editions |
| Publisher Name: | Fitzcarraldo Editions |
| Country of Publication: | GB |
| Publishing Date: | 2023-01-18 |
