Live fast a novel

Paced and structured with the inevitable suspense of a countdown, Brigitte Giraud's tense and haunting novel follows one woman's quest to comprehend the motorcycle accident that took the life of her partner Claude at age 41. The narrator of Live Fast recounts the chain of events that led up to the f...

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Main Author: Giraud, Brigitte, 1960- (Author)
Other Authors: Stockwell, Cory (Translator)
Format: Books Print Book
Language:English
French
Published: New York : Ecco Press, [2025]
Edition:First edition.
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240 1 0 |a Vivre vite.  |l English 
245 1 0 |a Live fast :  |b a novel /  |c Brigitte Giraud ; translated by Cory Stockwell. 
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300 |a 159 pages ;  |c 23 cm 
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500 |a Translation of "Vivre vite", ©2022. 
500 |a "Originally published as Vivre Vite in France in 2022 by Flammarion"--Title page verso. 
520 |a Paced and structured with the inevitable suspense of a countdown, Brigitte Giraud's tense and haunting novel follows one woman's quest to comprehend the motorcycle accident that took the life of her partner Claude at age 41. The narrator of Live Fast recounts the chain of events that led up to the fateful accident, tracing the tiny, madden twists of fate that might have prevented its tragic outcome. Each chapter asks the rhetorical question, "what if," departing from an image or memory from early years meeting in Algeria during the war, to moving to the suburbs of Lyon, buying and renovating a home where they could "put down their suitcase for a whole life." A sensitive elegy to her husband and a subtle, precise vision of a lasting love, Live Fast is a moving and electrifying portrait of two people caught up in the mundane activities of life, forgetting that living itself can be dangerous. 
546 |a Text in English, translated from the French. 
586 |a Prix Goncourt, 2022. 
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650 0 |a Motorcycling accidents  |v Fiction. 
650 0 |a Bereavement  |v Fiction. 
650 0 |a Bereavement  |x Psychological aspects  |v Personal narratives. 
650 0 |a Fate and fatalism  |v Personal narratives. 
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