| Someone's Trying to Find You Contributor(s): Augé, Marc (Author), Turner, Chris (Translator) |
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ISBN: 085742243X ISBN-13: 9780857422439 Publisher: Seagull Books OUR PRICE: $18.90 Product Type: Hardcover Published: July 2015 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Fiction |
| Dewey: 843.914 |
| Series: French List |
| Physical Information: 0.34" H x 5.03" W x 8.74" (0.73 lbs) 152 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: As he leaves the cinema where he has just watched Casablanca, one of his favorite films, Julien is approached by a mysterious young woman, Claire. Unbeknownst to Julien, Claire has been following him for several days. Outside the cinema she relays a cryptic message: "Someone's trying to find you." She insists that as a practitioner of the little-known science of narrative psychology she is acting as the anonymous individual's intermediary. Slowly, Julien allows himself to be sucked into Claire's investigation, and a strange odyssey through his past ensues. In this novel by Marc Aug , a master of ethnofiction, the two meet up in Paris cafes to discuss the events of their lives--Occupation and Liberation, the Algerian War, and 1968--and Julien puzzles over who in his past could be searching for him. His ex-wife? An enigmatic lover from a seedy corner of Berlin? Soon, Julien realizes he is in the midst of a mysterious game of confession with a woman he knows nothing about. In a quick reversal, he shines the spotlight on Claire. Who is she and why are her questions so intense? Why does she seem focused on one particular year--1968? As the story unravels, we begin to understand that the puzzling nature of Claire's quest proves to be a metaphor for other enigmas, including the mysteries of the heart. Beautifully written, Someone's Trying to Find You is a haunting addition to Seagull's French List, and it should not be missed. |
Contributor Bio(s): Turner, Chris: - Chris Turner is a translator and writer living in Birmingham, UK. He has translated more than eighty books from French and German. Auge, Marc: - Marc Augé is an anthropologist and the former director of studies at the Ecole des hautes études en sciences sociales in Paris. His many books include Non-Places: Introduction to an Anthropology of Supermodernity and The Future. He lives in Paris. |