Consolation
Anna Gavalda author Alison Anderson translator
Format:Paperback
Publisher:Vintage Publishing
Published:22nd May '17
Currently unavailable, and unfortunately no date known when it will be back
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 *
An absorbing tale... a gripping story that gallops along with un-put-downable speed * Mslexia *
Despite an awkward start, it makes an uncomplicated, easily digestible, cheering read: so it's perhaps unsurprising that it became the best-selling French novel of 2008, moving over half a million copies and being translated into 32 languages -- James Urquhart * Independent *
It is a confident author who works with a large cast of characters, and in many instances - notably the children - Gavalda nails it -- Lee Randall * The Scotsman *
Gavalda's touching writing makes what could have been a melancholy text into a beautifully insightful novel. -- Eve Middleton * Living France *
ISBN: 9781784706838
Dimensions: 198mm x 129mm x 29mm
Weight: 331g
480 pages