Books
by Jean-Paul Dubois
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Not Everybody Feels the Same Way |
This short novel won the Prix Goncourt in 2019. Paul Hansen, an unassuming everyman, is in prison for an unknown crime and shares his cell with a violent Hell’s Angel who is terrified of mice. Paul reflects on his ordinary life, from childhood with his eccentric parents, falling in love and the death of his wife, and finally to the reason for his imprisonment. He knows he should feel remorse, but simply cannot. Heartbreaking but wonderful.
(Denise Lewis - bwl 108 Spring 2023) |
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