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Ladivine
Marie Ndiaye
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Description for Ladivine
Paperback. The spellbinding new novel by the Goncourt-winning, International Booker-shortlisted author of Three Strong Women Translator(s): Stump, Jordan. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 126. .
Longlisted for the Man Booker International Prize 2016 Clarisse Riviere's life is shaped by a refusal to admit to her husband Richard and to her daughter Ladivine that her mother is a poor black housekeeper. Instead, weighed down by guilt, she pretends to be an orphan, visiting her mother in secret and telling no-one of her real identity as Malinka, daughter of Ladivine Sylla. In time, her lies turn against her. Richard leaves Clarisse, frustrated by the unbridgeable, indecipherable gulf between them. Clarisse is devastated, but finds solace in a new man, Freddy Moliger, who is let into the secret about her mother, and is even introduced to her. But Ladivine, her daughter, who is now married herself, cannot shake a bad feeling about her mother's new lover, convinced that he can bring only chaos and pain into her life. When she is proved right, in the most tragic circumstances, the only comfort the family can turn to requires a leap of faith beyond any they could have imagined. Centred around three generations of women, whose seemingly cursed lineage is defined by the weight of origins, the pain of alienation and the legacy of shame, Ladivine is a beguiling story of secrets, lies, guilt and forgiveness by one of Europe's most unique literary voices. Translated from the French by Jordan Stump
Product Details
Publisher
MacLehose Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
Number of Pages
336
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781848666047
SKU
V9781848666047
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99-10
About Marie Ndiaye
Marie NDiaye was born in France in 1967. She published her first novel at seventeen, and has won the Prix Femina (Rosie Carpe in 2001) and the Prix Goncourt (Three Strong Women, 2009). Her play Papa Doit Manger has been taken into the repertoire of the Comedie Francaise. In 2007, after the election of Nicolas Sarkozy, NDiaye left France with her family to live in Berlin. Jordan Stump has translated many authors from the French including Marie Redonnet, Eric Chevillard, and Honore de Balzac. His translation of Jardin des Plantes by Claude Simon won the 2001 French-American Foundation translation prize, and he was named a Chevalier de l'Ordre des Artes et des Lettres in 2006.
Reviews for Ladivine
NDiaye's manner of writing has often been compared to Proust ... Here she has created a world of mystery, dreams, and sensuality in a very controlled style.
Adele King
World Literature Today
The real strengths of NDiaye are her ability to plumb the depths of a character's psychology and her cool but uncompromising dissection of their entire nature.
Ulrike Baureithel
Der Freitag
With this novel, Marie NDiaye proves that she is a majestic storyteller and a deft weaver of literary universes.
Tilman Krause
Die Welt
Sadness, regret, and insidious dread permeate every page of this beautifully crafted, relentless novel.
Publishers Weekly
A melancholy modern fable ... NDiaye reveals only as much reality as she wants to at any given moment-and therein lies her magic.
Kirkus Review
Marie NDiaye's new novel is magnificent. A mesmerising dive into the chaos in the lineage of three women.
LaLibreBelgique
Ladivine is a real jewel... impeccable craftsmanship, refined phrasing that swirls with description, and a bewitching story. All of the author's talents are on display here.
Marianne Payot
Express
This strangely hypnotic novel exudes anguish and loneliness. Marie NDiaye, writes profoundly disturbing novels in such riveting prose that one cannot look away.
Library Journal
In this unique book, Marie NDiaye displays tough, brittle lives in majestic style.
Maria Schottenius
Dagens Nyheter
With its unique phrasing, slow, multi-layered, and each sentence an absolute necessity, Ladivine is a new delight
Didier Jacob
BiblioObs
A sumptuously written novel by a writer at the height of her powers.
Telerama
Ladivine is a wonder indeed ... like a saga that you never want to end because each page reveals new riches.
Claire Devarrieux
Liberation
A haunting, powerful new voice in French literature, providing an intriguing, beguiling experience for English readers.
Mika Provata-Carlone
Bookanista
A brave, unusual book
Catherine Humble
Times Literary Supplement
A haunting, melancholy and immaculately translated novel, a thing of beauty for ugly times.
Alex Preston
The Observer
Adele King
World Literature Today
The real strengths of NDiaye are her ability to plumb the depths of a character's psychology and her cool but uncompromising dissection of their entire nature.
Ulrike Baureithel
Der Freitag
With this novel, Marie NDiaye proves that she is a majestic storyteller and a deft weaver of literary universes.
Tilman Krause
Die Welt
Sadness, regret, and insidious dread permeate every page of this beautifully crafted, relentless novel.
Publishers Weekly
A melancholy modern fable ... NDiaye reveals only as much reality as she wants to at any given moment-and therein lies her magic.
Kirkus Review
Marie NDiaye's new novel is magnificent. A mesmerising dive into the chaos in the lineage of three women.
LaLibreBelgique
Ladivine is a real jewel... impeccable craftsmanship, refined phrasing that swirls with description, and a bewitching story. All of the author's talents are on display here.
Marianne Payot
Express
This strangely hypnotic novel exudes anguish and loneliness. Marie NDiaye, writes profoundly disturbing novels in such riveting prose that one cannot look away.
Library Journal
In this unique book, Marie NDiaye displays tough, brittle lives in majestic style.
Maria Schottenius
Dagens Nyheter
With its unique phrasing, slow, multi-layered, and each sentence an absolute necessity, Ladivine is a new delight
Didier Jacob
BiblioObs
A sumptuously written novel by a writer at the height of her powers.
Telerama
Ladivine is a wonder indeed ... like a saga that you never want to end because each page reveals new riches.
Claire Devarrieux
Liberation
A haunting, powerful new voice in French literature, providing an intriguing, beguiling experience for English readers.
Mika Provata-Carlone
Bookanista
A brave, unusual book
Catherine Humble
Times Literary Supplement
A haunting, melancholy and immaculately translated novel, a thing of beauty for ugly times.
Alex Preston
The Observer