Wednesday, 24 October 2018

Ça raconte Sarah - first book of the Goncourt list

Welcome back.
The first book we will deal with is "ça raconte Sarah" by Pauline Delabroy-Allard. This is the story of an overworked woman who has fallen into the routine of life and is not happy anymore. She accidentally meets impulsive and scatterbrained Sarah, the title character who changes the life of the narrator completely. Women get to know each other and fall in love. The relationship develops very quickly and at some point it becomes an obsession. It turns out, however, that Sarah is suffering from breast cancer and the narrator is suffering because of the possibility of losing her partner. She even blames herself for her alleged death and leaves France to escape from despair.
I do not want to reveal more of the content, I will just add that the climax of the novel is shocking. :) The novel is written in first-person narration, very rhythmical and melodic (Sarah was a violinist), which is rendered by extremely short chapters. But I can talk about it, it's worth reading, to see for yourself.

Have a good day :)

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