Ladivine

After a woman, Clarisse, is murdered on a trip to visit her mother in Bordeaux, her daughter tries to uncover what happened to her with the help of a brown dog who appears to have taken in the spirit of the deceased.

Main Author: NDiaye, Marie (Author)
Other Authors: Stump, Jordan, 1959- (Translator)
Format: Books Print Book
Language: English
French
Published: New York : Alfred A. Knopf, [2016]
Edition: First American edition.
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Summary: After a woman, Clarisse, is murdered on a trip to visit her mother in Bordeaux, her daughter tries to uncover what happened to her with the help of a brown dog who appears to have taken in the spirit of the deceased.
Physical Description: 273 pages ; 25 cm
ISBN: 9780385351881
0385351887
9780385351898
0385351895
Author Notes: MARIE NDIAYE was born in Pithiviers, France, in 1967; spent her childhood with her French mother (her father was Senegalese); and studied linguistics at the Sorbonne. She was only eighteen when her first work was published. In 2001, she was awarded the prestigious Prix Femina for her novel Rosie Carpe; in 2009, the Prix Goncourt for Three Strong Women; and, in 2015, the Gold Medal in the Arts from the Kennedy Center International Committee on the Arts.