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Soft in the Head

English

By (author): Marie-Sabine Roger

Translated by: Frank Wynne


An international bestseller, Marie Sabine-Roger's heartwarming novel is a touching and comic tale about the power of books. For fans of The Uncommon Reader and The President's Hat.
'Brilliant, uplifting' Le Messager
'Unique. The sort of book that makes you want to hug the author to thank them for the happiness they have given you' Focus Vif

His mother called him a worthless halfwit while his fellow drunks at the local bar ensure he's the butt of all their jokes. He spends his days whittling wood, counting pigeons and adding his own name to the bottom of the list on the town war memorial. So how could Germain possibly understand what a casual encounter on a park bench with eighty-five year old Margueritte could mean? In this touchingly comic tale of an unusual friendship, that first conversation opens a door into a world Germain could never have imagined-the world of books and ideas-and gives both him and Margueritte a chance at a happiness they thought had passed them by. See more
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Product Details
  • Dimensions: 129 x 198mm
  • Publication Date: 09 Jun 2016
  • Publisher: Pushkin Press
  • Publication City/Country: United Kingdom
  • Language: English
  • ISBN13: 9781782271581

About Marie-Sabine Roger

Born in Bordeaux in 1957 Marie-Sabine Roger has been writing books for both adults and children since 1989. Soft in the Head was made into a 2010 film My Afternoons with Margueritte directed by Jean Becker starring Gerard Depardieu. Get Well Soon won the Prix des lecteurs de l'Express in 2012 and will be published by Pushkin Press in 2017. Frank Wynne is an award-winning translator from French and Spanish. He has won the IMPAC Award the Independent Foreign Fiction Prize and the Scott Moncrieff Prize. He has translated a number of Spanish and Latin American authors including Tomás Eloy Martínez Isabel Allende Arturo Pérez-Reverte and Tomás Gonzalez whose In the Beginning Was the Sea is published by Pushkin Press .

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