Consolation

byAnna Gavalda, Alison Anderson (Translator)

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An international bestseller and French publishing sensation Consolation is a dazzling, heartbreaking tale of one man, two remarkable women and an unforgettable transvestite.

Charles Balanda is forty-seven; a successful architect, he is constantly on the move. But from the moment he hears about the death of the woman he once loved - Anouk, the tragically big-hearted mother of a childhood friend - his life begins to unravel until, one day, he finds himself on a Paris pavement covered in blood. But fate brings him one final chance to be happy in Kate, an enchanting young woman, herself damaged but fearless and in love with life.

The resulting story is a triumphant, spellbinding and ultimately consoling novel about the power of a second chance.
Too often the best European literature doesn't reach this island; here we have a little consolation
Waterstone's Books Quarterly

About Anna Gavalda

Born in 1970, Anna Gavalda was a teacher whose collection of stories, I Wish Someone Were Waiting for Me Somewhere, shot her to fame (published in the UK with her novella Someone I Loved). Her novel Hunting and Gathering (Ensemble c'est tout) was a bestseller in several countries, selling over two million copies, and was made into a film; this was followed by Consolation. Her books have been translated into thirty-six languages. The mother of two children, she lives and writes just outside Paris.
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  • Imprint: Vintage
  • ISBN: 9781784706838
  • Length: 480 pages
  • Dimensions: 198mm x 29mm x 129mm
  • Weight: 331g
  • Price: £16.99
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