The Girl From The Chartreuse
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Author: Pierre Pju
Format: Hardback
Number of Pages: 176
The owner of the bookshop THE VERB TO BE, is a red-haired giant imprisoned in an enormous body and his solitude. One wet afternoon, driving a vanload of new and second-hand books, -tienneVollard knocks down and seriously injures a little girl, -va. In the hospital, he meets -va's mother, Th-r-se, a struggling single parent who lacks maternal instincts and whose dream is to be faraway, alone. oth are haunted by guilt- Th-r-se because of her lateness in collecting her daughter, and Vollard because he did not manage to stop his car on time (even if he knows that he could not have avoided -va- indeed she seemed to throw herself in front of the car). Vollard visits -va regularly while she is in a coma and reads books to her, while Th-r-se spaces her visits out. When -va eventually wakes up, she has become mute and is terribly weakened. few weeks after -va has been sent to a rehabilitation centre in the Massif de la Chartreuse, Th-r-se gets a job faraway and asks Vollard to visit her daughter on her behalf. Soon, Vollard enjoys their walks in the mountain, where he tells her stories and poems he has memorized and tries to break her out of her mute, impassive shell. However, nothing
Author: Pierre Pju
Format: Hardback
Number of Pages: 176
The owner of the bookshop THE VERB TO BE, is a red-haired giant imprisoned in an enormous body and his solitude. One wet afternoon, driving a vanload of new and second-hand books, -tienneVollard knocks down and seriously injures a little girl, -va. In the hospital, he meets -va's mother, Th-r-se, a struggling single parent who lacks maternal instincts and whose dream is to be faraway, alone. oth are haunted by guilt- Th-r-se because of her lateness in collecting her daughter, and Vollard because he did not manage to stop his car on time (even if he knows that he could not have avoided -va- indeed she seemed to throw herself in front of the car). Vollard visits -va regularly while she is in a coma and reads books to her, while Th-r-se spaces her visits out. When -va eventually wakes up, she has become mute and is terribly weakened. few weeks after -va has been sent to a rehabilitation centre in the Massif de la Chartreuse, Th-r-se gets a job faraway and asks Vollard to visit her daughter on her behalf. Soon, Vollard enjoys their walks in the mountain, where he tells her stories and poems he has memorized and tries to break her out of her mute, impassive shell. However, nothing
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NB: This is a secondhand book in very good condition. See our FAQs for more information. Please note that the jacket image is indicative only. A description of our secondhand books is not always available. Please contact us if you have a question about this title.
Author: Pierre Pju
Format: Hardback
Number of Pages: 176
The owner of the bookshop THE VERB TO BE, is a red-haired giant imprisoned in an enormous body and his solitude. One wet afternoon, driving a vanload of new and second-hand books, -tienneVollard knocks down and seriously injures a little girl, -va. In the hospital, he meets -va's mother, Th-r-se, a struggling single parent who lacks maternal instincts and whose dream is to be faraway, alone. oth are haunted by guilt- Th-r-se because of her lateness in collecting her daughter, and Vollard because he did not manage to stop his car on time (even if he knows that he could not have avoided -va- indeed she seemed to throw herself in front of the car). Vollard visits -va regularly while she is in a coma and reads books to her, while Th-r-se spaces her visits out. When -va eventually wakes up, she has become mute and is terribly weakened. few weeks after -va has been sent to a rehabilitation centre in the Massif de la Chartreuse, Th-r-se gets a job faraway and asks Vollard to visit her daughter on her behalf. Soon, Vollard enjoys their walks in the mountain, where he tells her stories and poems he has memorized and tries to break her out of her mute, impassive shell. However, nothing
Author: Pierre Pju
Format: Hardback
Number of Pages: 176
The owner of the bookshop THE VERB TO BE, is a red-haired giant imprisoned in an enormous body and his solitude. One wet afternoon, driving a vanload of new and second-hand books, -tienneVollard knocks down and seriously injures a little girl, -va. In the hospital, he meets -va's mother, Th-r-se, a struggling single parent who lacks maternal instincts and whose dream is to be faraway, alone. oth are haunted by guilt- Th-r-se because of her lateness in collecting her daughter, and Vollard because he did not manage to stop his car on time (even if he knows that he could not have avoided -va- indeed she seemed to throw herself in front of the car). Vollard visits -va regularly while she is in a coma and reads books to her, while Th-r-se spaces her visits out. When -va eventually wakes up, she has become mute and is terribly weakened. few weeks after -va has been sent to a rehabilitation centre in the Massif de la Chartreuse, Th-r-se gets a job faraway and asks Vollard to visit her daughter on her behalf. Soon, Vollard enjoys their walks in the mountain, where he tells her stories and poems he has memorized and tries to break her out of her mute, impassive shell. However, nothing
The Girl From The Chartreuse
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