{"product_id":"madelaine-before-the-dawn-9798889661726","title":"Madelaine Before the Dawn","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWINNER \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePrix Goncourt des Lycéens \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAmerican Choix Goncourt \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA Masterful New Novel by Sandrine Collette, One of France's Most Daring and Acclaimed Writers. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn a time outside time, in a world hemmed in by dark woods and silence, the villagers of Les Montées endure a life of hardship and submission. The land is stingy, the lords are merciless, and resistance is a dream dreamt by the village women. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTwin sisters Aelis and Ambre are born with an otherworldly beauty that turns heads and decides destinies. Ambre, childless and quietly suffering in a loveless marriage, adopts a wild, starving foundling who appears one day at the edge of the forest. Madeleine's arrival unsettles the fragile order of Les Montées. She is fierce, brave, mysterious, magnetic, brilliant, and shockingly adept with an axe. One day, she slaughters a stag in defiance of the lord's decrees. The land, the laws, and the lives of those around her tremble in response, and a new destiny begins to take root, one lit by rebellion and fed by ancient wounds.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNarrated by Bran, a boy Madeleine's age who watches her with a mix of awe and dread, \u003ci\u003eMadelaine Before the Dawn\u003c\/i\u003e is a wild, lyrical novel about the inheritance of silence, the fire of female defiance, and the long-suppressed urge to upend the rules of a world written by men. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCollette's storytelling evokes the brutal beauty of Zola's \u003ci\u003eGerminal\u003c\/i\u003e and possesses the sweep of the novels of García Márquez. Hers is an elemental, undeniable voice, and with \u003ci\u003eMadelaine Before the Dawn\u003c\/i\u003e, she delivers the most ambitious novel of her career--an electrifying vision of revolt and resilience at the edge of civilization. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Sandrine Collette\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Europa Editions\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/31\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 176\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.48lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.10h x 5.20w x 0.80d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798889661726\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eForeword\u003c\/i\u003e 02\/27\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 03\/23\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eAnderson, Alison:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cb\u003eAlison Anderson\u003c\/b\u003e's translations for Europa Editions include novels by Sélim Nassib, Amélie Nothomb, and Eric-Emmanuel Schmitt. She is the translator of Muriel Barbery's \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestseller, \u003ci\u003eThe Elegance of the Hedgehog\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eCollette, Sandrine:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cb\u003eSandrine Collette \u003c\/b\u003elives in the Morvan area of Burgundy. Among her many novels, Europa Editions has published \u003ci\u003eNothing but Dust\u003c\/i\u003e (2018), \u003ci\u003eJust After the Wave\u003c\/i\u003e (2020), and \u003ci\u003eThe Forests\u003c\/i\u003e (2022), winner of the 2020 Prix du Livre France Bleu PAGE, the Grand Prix RTL Lire, and the Prix de La Closerie des Lilas. With \u003ci\u003eMadelaine Before Dawn\u003c\/i\u003e, Collette won the 2024 Prix Goncourt des Lycéens and the 2025 American Choix Goncourt prize. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"booksdeli.com","offers":[{"title":"Sandrine Collette \/ Paperback \/ English","offer_id":47809109065885,"sku":"9798889661726","price":36.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0619\/5648\/9373\/files\/img_8dc4f3c2-3d2a-4d72-9cc5-a32057dfbf94.jpg?v=1775556436","url":"https:\/\/booksdeli.com\/products\/madelaine-before-the-dawn-9798889661726","provider":"booksdeli.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}