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Zusatztext 'One of those special stories that everyone should read - and then think about! often and deeply' Informationen zum Autor Delphine de Vigan is the author of No and Me ! which was a bestseller in France and was awarded the Prix des Libraires (The Booksellers' Prize) in 2008. Her other novels include Jolis Garçons and Soir de décembre . Underground Time was shortlisted for the 2009 Goncourt. George Miller is the translator of No and Me . He is also a regular translator for Le Monde diplomatique 's English-language edition! and the translator of Conversations with my Gardener by Henri Cueco and Inside Al-Qaeda by Mohammed Sifaoui. Klappentext The new novel from the author of No and Me! which was shortlisted for the 2009 Prix Goncourt. Two ordinary people who! before one day in May! Mathilde and Thibault had never met. They were just two anonymous figures in a crowd! pushed and shoved and pressured continuously by the loveless! urban world. Every day! the same routine! the same trains.UNDERGROUND TIME is a novel of quiet violence - the violence of office-bullying! the violence of the brutality of the city - in which our two characters move towards an inevitable meeting. Translated from the French by George Miller The new novel from the author of No and Me Zusammenfassung Everyday Mathilde takes the Metro! then the commuter train to the office of a large multi-national where she works in the marketing department. Every day! the same routine! the same trains. But something happened a while ago - she dared to voice a different opinion from her moody boss! Jacques. Bit by bit she finds herself frozen out of everything! with no work to do. Thibault is a paramedic. Every day he drives to the addresses he receives from his controller. The city spares him no grief: traffic jams! elusive parking spaces! delivery trucks blocking his route. He is well aware that he may be the only human being many of the people he visits will see for the entire day and is well acquainted with the symptomatic illnesses! the major disasters! the hustle and bustle and! of course! the immense! pervading loneliness of the city. Before one day in May! Mathilde and Thibault had never met. They were just two anonymous figures in a crowd! pushed and shoved and pressured continuously by the loveless! urban world. Underground Time is a novel of quiet violence - the violence of office-bullying! the violence of the brutality of the city - in which our two characters move towards an inevitable meeting. 'Two solitary existences cross paths in this poignant chronicle! a new testimony to de Vigan's superb eloquence' Lire ...
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