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One wet afternoon, driving a vanload of new and second-hand books, ÉtienneVollard knocks down and seriously injures a little girl, Éva. In the hospital, he meets Éva's mother, Thérèse, a struggling single parent who lacks maternal instincts and whose dream is to be faraway, alone.
The Girl from the Chartreuse (original title: La Petite Chartreuse) is a French novel written by Pierre Péju and published for the first time in France in 2002. It has been translated in several other languages including English and it has been adapted in an eponymous film by Jean-Pierre Denis.
Jan 1, 2002 · One day, a panicked little girl, Éva, rushes out onto the street and right into the path of Étienne’s van. He brakes, but it’s raining, and he crashes into her frail little body. Her mother, Thérèse, was late picking her up from school.
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One wet afternoon, Étienne Vollard, driving a vanload of books to his shop, knocks down a little girl, Éva. Haunted by guilt, Vollard visits Éva in hospital and reads stories to her while she lies in a coma.He also meets Éva’s mother, Thérèse, a struggling single parent whose dream is to be faraway, alone.
One wet afternoon, driving a vanload of new and second-hand books, ÉtienneVollard knocks down and seriously injures a little girl, Éva. In the hospital, he meets Éva's mother, Thérèse, a...
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- Pierre Péju
- Vintage, 2006
On a wet afternoon, Etienne Vollard, driving a vanload of books, knocks down a little girl, Eva. At the hospital he meets Eva's mother, a single parent who longs to escape her responsibilities....
May 19, 2005 · A bookseller driving his van through the crowded streets of a small French town knocks down a young girl whose mother has failed to collect her from school. While the girl is in a coma, Vollard tells her stories from his immense memory; and Eva's mother drifts in and out of the hospital, more trapped than ever.
- Pierre Pju
