- Prix Goncourt 2012 · Shortlist
Lame de fond
“Groundswell” (title translated by AI)
Linda Lê (born 1963)
English editions
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From his grave near Paris, a recently dead exile looks back, wryly and almost cheerfully, on his last year. His wife Lou, his unstable goth daughter Laure and Ulma, an enigmatic Eurasian beauty, also speak, funny or heartbreaking, and over one day they uncover what upended their family.
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About the book
- Form
- Novel
- Length
- 276 pages in the original
- Genres
- Family (assigned by AI)
- Set in
- France
- First published
- 2012 by Christian Bourgois
- Author's age
- 49 when first published
- ISBN
9782267023800 (original)
- More
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