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| Title | : | Une Forme de Vie |
| Author | : | Amélie Nothomb |
| Book Format | : | Paperback |
| Book Edition | : | First Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 169 pages |
| Published | : | August 18th 2010 by Albin Michel (first published 2010) |
| Categories | : | Fiction. Cultural. France. Contemporary. Roman |
Amélie Nothomb
Paperback | Pages: 169 pages Rating: 3.5 | 2427 Users | 221 Reviews
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Quotidiennement sollicitée par du courrier de ses lecteurs, Amélie va un jour tomber sur une lettre inattendue... Un G.I coincé en Irak l'appelle au secours pour tenter de survivre dans cette drôle de guerre. Pour se rebeller, ce white trash se goinfre de junk-food, arborant sa graisse comme une amoureuse enveloppante. Mue par son instinct de Saint-Bernard, l'écrivain lui répond en lui parlant de body-art. S'ensuit une relation épistolaire étrange...Mention Books As Une Forme de Vie
| Original Title: | Une Forme de Vie |
| ISBN: | 2226215174 (ISBN13: 9782226215178) |
| Edition Language: | French |
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Ratings: 3.5 From 2427 Users | 221 ReviewsArticle About Books Une Forme de Vie
There were several things about this book I found compelling - the idea of the author corresponding with so many people, for one, and her general enthusiasm for correspondence. But several of the details ruined the experience. The author got a lot of the details about the military so wrong...still a private after eight years in the army? Soldiers are all either promoted at regular intervals or else demobilized if they don't qualify for promotion. Spending the whole time in Iraq, with noNothomb's books are often unconventional, yet this one still surprised me with its mixture of reality and fiction, the subject matter, the format, and the plot twists towards the end. In the space of 170 pages, as well as telling an involving and moving story she manages to touch on issues of body image, written vs. verbal communication, fame, writing itself, and much more besides. Impressive stuff.
I did really like this book - above all its originality - and all the themes it covered in such a short space, obesity, self-image, epistolary communication, etc etc. I enjoyed the twists in the tale but the endng... well, I can't mention that without spoiling things so shall leave that up in the air!
Great if you want to improve your French. Short and sweet, interesting story.
Life Form seems to be in the usual Nothomb style where the author appears as the main character and narrates a brand of fiction built around her real life tendency to exchange letters with her readers. I thought the correspondence became a little inane and some of the decisions that the fictional Amelie made bordered on unbelievable. However, I enjoyed the premise of the relationship which allowed both French and American commentary on the Iraqi war as well as cultural perspectives on obesity
So unexpectedly intense...
This is a strange little novella translated from the French. The narrator is the author Amelie Nothomb. I usually love this kind of thing, especially when Philip Roth did it in Operation Shylock, and I enjoyed Nothomb's take on playing with identity. Nothomb, the fictional narrator, gets into a correspondence with an obese American soldier in Iraq. The letters back and forth are fascinating, but sometimes Nothomb's commentary on what's happening is less than astute. The criticisms of the war
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