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“Art, love and longing, the French way . . . an emotionally taut portrayal of late-in-life, post-marriage drift” from the author of The 6:41 to Paris (The New York Times Book Review). A French teacher on the verge of retirement is invited to a glittering opening that showcases the artwork of his former student, who has since become a celebrated painter. This unexpected encounter leads to the older man posing for his portrait. Possibly in the nude. Such personal exposure at close range entails a strange and troubling pact between artist and sitter that prompts both to reevaluate their lives. Blondel, author of the hugely popular novel The 6:41 to Paris, evokes an intimacy of dangerous intensity in a tale marked by profound nostalgia and a reckoning with the past that allows its two characters to move ahead into the future. “A striking variation on the theme of the muse, this novel probes overlapping varieties of attraction . . . It veers toward the erotic, quickening the painter’s search for the model’s soul—‘a term that disintegrates the moment you try to define it.’”―The New Yorker “Captivating . . . The novel flies by with gentle humor, but it also poses complex questions about the meaning of art and sexuality, and offers an elegiac look at late middle age . . . Irresistible, and the story’s fundamental kindness sets it apart.”―Publishers Weekly (starred review) “A novel of tender, shy wisdom whose characters remind each other that memory lives in the body, loosened like knots by the right touch.” —Patrick Nathan, author of Image Control

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165

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New Vessel Press

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1939931681

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9781939931689

A Place to Live

By: Jean-Philippe Blondel

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A Place to Live

By: Jean-Philippe Blondel

Some people might think it’s odd when a teenage boy starts making movies of his classmates kissing. But in A PLACE TO LIVE, the aspiring filmmaker’s project turns into a compelling protest against authoritarianism that could get him kicked out of school, and expose his surprising feelings for his best friend.

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Annick Press

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1554514487

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9781554514489

The 6:41 to Paris

By: Jean-Philippe Blondel

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The 6:41 to Paris

By: Jean-Philippe Blondel

Brilliant psychological thriller constructed like an intensely intimate theater performance, a high-wire act of emotions on rails.

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153

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New Vessel Press

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1939931266

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9781939931269

(Re)play !

By: Jean-Philippe Blondel

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By: Jean-Philippe Blondel

La fièvre s’est emparée du lycée à l’annonce de la visite d’un célèbre critique rock et producteur en vue. Il paraît même que des groupes de l’établissement pourront lui faire écouter un ou deux morceaux. Mais celui de Benjamin n’existe plus, il a explosé... comme son amitié avec Mathieu. Et si c’était l’occasion de « rejouer » le passé ?

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104

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Éditions Actes Sud

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233001161X

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9782330011611

This is not a love song

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By: Jean-Philippe Blondel

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This is not a love song

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By: Jean-Philippe Blondel

Vincent hat es in England zu einer beachtlichen Karriere und einer glücklichen Familie gebracht. Doch zu Besuch in seiner Heimat Frankreich ist er sofort wieder der unsichere Junge von früher. Schnell hat er über alle – die Eltern, den Bruder, die alten Freunde – ein Urteil gesprochen. Bis ihn die Frau seines Bruders, die er noch nie leiden konnte, endlich mit der Wahrheit konfrontiert ... Nach dem Bestseller „6 Uhr 41“ unternehmen wir mit Jean-Philippe Blondel eine spannende, überraschende Reise in die eigene Jugend. Eine Geschichte über Beziehung, Liebe, Freundschaft und über eine der reizvollsten Fragen überhaupt: Was wäre gewesen, wenn?

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208

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Paul Zsolnay Verlag

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3552063196

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9783552063198

A Very French Christmas

The Greatest French Holiday Stories of All Time

By: Guy de Maupassant,Jean-Philippe Blondel,Paul Arène,François Coppée,Anatole Le Braz,Dominique Fabre,Alphonse Daudet,Antoine Gustave Droz,Anatole France,Irène Némirovsky

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A Very French Christmas

The Greatest French Holiday Stories of All Time

By: Guy de Maupassant,Jean-Philippe Blondel,Paul Arène,François Coppée,Anatole Le Braz,Dominique Fabre,Alphonse Daudet,Antoine Gustave Droz,Anatole France,Irène Némirovsky

Joyeux Noël: “[An]endearing collection of Christmas stories from ten of France’s most esteemed writers―past and present―skillfully translated.” ―Foreword Reviews This collection brings together the best French Christmas stories of all time, featuring classics by Guy de Maupassant and Alphonse Daudet, plus stories by the esteemed twentieth century authors Irène Némirovsky and Nobel Prize winner Anatole France and contemporary writers Dominique Fabre and Jean-Philippe Blondel. With a holiday spirit conveyed through sparkling Paris streets, opulent feasts, wandering orphans, kindly monks, homesick soldiers, oysters, crayfish, ham, bonbons, flickering desire, and more than a little wine, this collection encapsulates Christmas à la française—delicious, intense and unexpected.

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New Vessel Press

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193993155X

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9781939931559

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A Place to Live

A Place to Live

The 6:41 to Paris

The 6:41 to Paris

(Re)play !

(Re)play !

This is not a love song

This is not a love song

A Very French Christmas

A Very French Christmas

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