The Madeleine Project Contributor(s): Beaudoux, Clara (Author), Anderson, Alison (Translator) |
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ISBN: 1939931495 ISBN-13: 9781939931498 Publisher: New Vessel Press OUR PRICE: $21.56 Product Type: Paperback Published: September 2017 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Biography & Autobiography | Women - History | Europe - France - Travel | Europe - France |
Dewey: B |
Physical Information: 0.8" H x 5.5" W x 8.1" (1.01 lbs) 285 pages |
Themes: - Sex & Gender - Feminine - Cultural Region - French |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: This extraordinary little book touched me deeply. Part graphic novel, part literary archeology, the author slowly unpacks a dusty cellar, and brings her subject to life. Even Madeleine's recipes have risen. Who would have guessed Twitter could be so poetic. A young woman moves into a Paris apartment and discovers a storage room filled with the belongings of the previous owner, a certain Madeleine who died in her late nineties, and whose treasured possessions nobody seems to want. In an audacious act of journalism driven by personal curiosity and humane tenderness, Clara Beaudoux embarks on The Madeleine Project, documenting what she finds on Twitter with text and photographs, introducing the world to an unsung twentieth-century figure. Along the way, she uncovers a Parisian life indelibly marked by European history. This is a graphic novel for the Twitter age, a true story that encapsulates one woman's attempt to live a life of love and meaning together with a contemporary quest to prevent that existence from slipping into oblivion. Through it all, The Madeleine Project movingly chronicles, and allows us to reconstruct, intimate memories of a bygone era. Clara Beaudoux is a Paris-based journalist for the France Info news network. The Madeleine Project has been wildly popular in France. You can follow her on Twitter at @Clarabdx. Reading group guide to The Madeleine Project, as well as a related recipe booklet, is available free of charge at newvesselpress.com. |