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Summary. The owner of the bookshop THE VERB TO BE, is a red-haired giant imprisoned in an enormous body and his solitude. One wet afternoon, driving a vanload of new and second-hand books, ÉtienneVollard knocks down and seriously injures a little girl, Éva.
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 · 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 and alone. When Éva awakes, the three of them are immediately aware that their lives are forever altered.
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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...
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- Pierre Péju
- Vintage, 2006
Nov 24, 2016 · 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.
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- Pierre Péju
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....
Dec 15, 2007 · The Girl from the Chartreuse – Pierre Péju (2005) Translated by Ina Rilke from the French original La Petite Chartreuse (2002), The Girl from the Chartreuse is a heart-breaking story about Vollard, a book-seller who accidentally runs over a 10-year old girl with his van.
