THE HEART. A NOVEL. MAYLIS DE KERANGAL. Libro en papel. 9781250117915 LIBRERIA 9 3/4
THE HEART

THE HEART

A NOVEL

MAYLIS DE KERANGAL

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SQUARE FISH
Año de edición:
2017
Materia
Fiction - non fiction
ISBN:
978-1-250-11791-5
Páginas:
256
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u003cpu003eu003cbu003eOne of Bill Gates' "Five Best Summer Reads"u003c/bu003eu003c/pu003eu003cpu003eu003cbu003eThe basis for the critically-acclaimed film, u003ciu003eHeal the Livingu003c/iu003e, directed by u003c/bu003eu003cbu003eKatell u003c/bu003eu003cbu003eQuillévéré and starring Tahar Rahim and Emmanuelle Seigneru003c/bu003eu003c/pu003eu003cpu003eu003cbu003eAlbertine Prize Finalistu003c/bu003eu003c/pu003eu003cpu003eu003cbu003eWinner of the u003c/bu003eu003cbu003eWellcome Book Prize and the u003c/bu003eu003cbu003eFrench-American Foundation Translation Prizeu003c/bu003eu003c/pu003eu003cpu003eJust before dawn on a Sunday morning, three teenage boys go surfing. While driving home exhausted, the boys are involved in a fatal car accident on a deserted road. Two of the boys are wearing seat belts; one goes through the windshield. The doctors declare him brain-dead shortly after arriving at the hospital, but his heart is still beating.u003c/pu003eu003cpu003eu003ciu003eThe Heart u003c/iu003etakes place over the twenty-four hours surrounding the resulting heart transplant, as life is taken from a young man and given to a woman close to death. In gorgeous, ruminative prose, it examines the deepest feelings of everyone involved as they navigate decisions of life and death.u003c/pu003eu003cpu003eAs stylistically audacious as it is emotionally explosive,u003ciu003e The Heart u003c/iu003emesmerized readers in France, where it has been hailed as the breakthrough work of a new literary star. With the precision of a surgeon and the language of a poet, de Kerangal has made a major contribution to both medicine and literature with an epic tale of grief, hope, and survival.u003c/pu003e

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