The Birthday Party by Mauvignier, Laurent

The Birthday Party

2023 International Booker Prize, LonglistNew York Times Editors' Choice"A real-time study in crippling self-consciousness, the fragility of...
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Author: Laurent Mauvignier
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The Birthday Party by Mauvignier, Laurent

The Birthday Party

$18.95

The Birthday Party

$18.95
Author: Laurent Mauvignier
Format: Paperback
Language: English

2023 International Booker Prize, Longlist

New York Times Editors' Choice

"A real-time study in crippling self-consciousness, the fragility of normalcy, and the reality of violence."-The New York Times


Buried deep in rural France, little remains of the isolated hamlet of the Three Lone Girls, save a few houses and a curiously assembled quartet: Patrice Bergogne, inheritor of his family's farm; his wife, Marion; their daughter, Ida; and their neighbor, Christine, an artist. While Patrice plans a surprise for his wife's fortieth birthday, inexplicable events start to disrupt the hamlet's quiet existence: anonymous, menacing letters, an unfamiliar
car rolling up the driveway. And as night falls, strangers stalk the houses, unleashing
a nightmarish chain of events.

Told in rhythmic, propulsive prose that weaves seamlessly from one consciousness to the next over the course of a day, Laurent Mauvignier's The Birthday Party is a deft unraveling of the stories we hide from others and from ourselves, a gripping tale of the violent irruptions of the past into the present, written by a major contemporary French writer.



Author: Laurent Mauvignier
Publisher: Transit Books
Published: 02/07/2023
Pages: 454
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 1.15lbs
Size: 7.40h x 4.90w x 1.10d
ISBN: 9781945492655


Award: Man Booker International Prize - Nominee


Review Citation(s):
Publishers Weekly 10/03/2022
Kirkus Reviews 12/01/2022

About the Author

Laurent Mauvignier was born in Tours in 1967. He is the author of several novels in French and is the winner of four literary prizes, including the Prix Wepler.


Daniel Levin Becker is an American writer, translator and musical critic. He is the youngest member of the Oulipo.


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