Olivier Adam

Books on prize lists

• À l'abri de rien

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  Goncourt 2007 · Shortlist

  À l'abri de rien

  AITitle translated by AI:“Sheltered from Nothing”

  Olivier Adam · 33 when first published

  Novel · 218 pages · Migration, Family

  AIAI-generated summary:Marie feels lost; her husband and children are her last link to life. Then she meets the refugees whom nobody cares about, wandering on the edge of town, and decides to help them.

• Falaises

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  Goncourt 2005 · Shortlist

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  Falaises

  Olivier Adam · 31 when first published

  Novel · 147 pages · Family

  AIAI-generated summary:On a hotel balcony in Étretat, a man looks out at the cliffs from which his mother threw herself twenty years earlier and, over one night, searches his memory for her.