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Today, "A life for mine" by Laurent Grima published on October 24, 2022 by Éditions Librinova.
Audrey Escoin, contributor to the 20 Minutes Books reading group, recommends "A life for mine" by Laurent Grima, published on October 24, 2022 by Éditions Librinova.
His favorite quote:
The choice of life
Why this book?
Because it's a touching novel,
with striking characters that are hard to forget.
Because those who have read this novel speak of it with so much conviction and love that it would be a shame not to discover it in turn.
Because the initial idea, which borders on the fantastic,
gives impetus to the whole story: Matthias is dead, or rather should have died in a very stupid way while jogging.
He escapes this sentence by exchanging with a mysterious man.
Matthias then has 100 days to designate who will die in his place.
A choice, a decision that we imagine difficult.
How do I designate someone?
Who is he to choose?
And above all, Matthias does not see anyone around him who deserves this fate.
Because we discover more over
the chapters on Matthias' daily life: with his mother, his colleague and friend (who struggles a bit emotionally) or even his job as a mechanic which is far from fulfilling him. .
Flashback memories allow us to quickly understand the event that completely shattered Matthias' life fifteen years ago.
So when his quest takes him on Jeanne's path, Matthias runs the risk of being turned upside down by this encounter.
Because I really appreciated the pen
of Laurent Grima, all in sensitivity and authenticity.
He gives us true and sincere characters, ready to reveal their emotions.
There are novels, which like encounters make you feel better, soothe you.
This text is one of them.
The essentials in 2 minutes
The plot.
Matthias died, or rather should have died quite stupidly while jogging.
He then has 100 days to designate who will die in his place.
Characters.
Matthias.
His mother.
His colleague and friend.
His brother.
His boss.
Jeanne, a beautiful meeting.
Places.
In France.
The time.
Of our time.
The author.
Laurent Grima has been working with people for more than thirty years through his role as an educator.
His passion for writing, which has followed him since childhood, pursues the same goal of bringing beauty to the daily lives of others.
This book was read with
appeasement.
I really had a great time reading it and I thank the author for his confidence in having entrusted me with his novel a little ahead of publication.
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