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Marie Madelaine Marguerite de Montalte

This novel series follows four seasons in the life of a haute couture designer and the narrator's companion. Each installment captures intimate moments, the pursuit of truth, and the complexities of relationships. It offers a reflection on love, escape, and the search for self throughout the year. The series provides a profound look into the protagonist's emotions and inner world.

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La vérité sur Marie. Die Wahrheit über Marie, französische Ausgabe. Ausgezeichnet mit dem Prix Décembre 2009
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Making Love

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  1. 1

    Making Love

    • 116 pages
    • 5 hours of reading
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    Set against the backdrop of Japan, this novel explores the poignant final days of a couple's affair, intertwining their emotional unraveling with the vibrant settings of Tokyo and Kyoto. The author employs a cinematic style, characterized by economy and restraint, to vividly capture the characters' feelings. By juxtaposing traditional themes of lost intimacy with the ultramodern landscape, the narrative offers a fresh perspective on love and separation. This strikingly original work showcases the talent of a promising European author.

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  2. 2

    L'auteur évoque une intuition inconsciente liant sa peur du téléphone à la mort, et peut-être au sexe et à la mort. Une nuit, il reçoit une confirmation implacable de l'existence d'une alchimie secrète reliant le téléphone à la mort.

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  3. 3

    Dans une chaude nuit d'été à Paris, Marie et le narrateur vivent une passion tumultueuse, bien que séparés. Un homme va mourir, un riche propriétaire de chevaux lié à Marie. Ce roman, qui explore leur amour impossible à travers différentes villes, dévoile une nouvelle rencontre décisive entre eux.

    La vérité sur Marie. Die Wahrheit über Marie, französische Ausgabe. Ausgezeichnet mit dem Prix Décembre 2009
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    • 124 pages
    • 5 hours of reading
    3.5(157)Add rating

    "To write of her that which has never been written of any other woman." And with these words from Dante, Jean-Philippe Toussaint sets out once more to deepen and broaden his depiction of one of contemporary fiction's most fully realized female characters: haute couturière Marie Madeleine Marguerite de Montalte. Having traced the ups, downs, ins, and outs of Marie's relationship with the unnamed narrator through three previous novels, Toussaint brings his customary nuanced rumination and nimble wit to this concluding volume, which takes us back to the Tokyo of Making Love and the Elba of The Truth About Marie, through jealousy and comedy, irony and tenderness, and the meticulous accretion of details that engross and distract us even as life's larger changes shift the assumptions by which we live.

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