by Pierre Péju · Gallimard · tapa blanda · ISBN 9782070781034
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«La Diagonale du vide» is the novel by Pierre Péju, published by Gallimard in paperback (288 pages, in French).
After the death of his partner, designer Marc Travenne abandons his hectic life and retreats to a remote rural house in Ardèche. There he meets an enigmatic hiker who walks along the «diagonale du vide», the depopulated strip crossing France. When she disappears, Travenne follows her trail to New York, Paris and Afghanistan.
Published on August 27, 2009.
For readers of contemporary French fiction seeking a story of escape, rural landscape and mystery.
Pierre Péju is a French philosopher, novelist and essayist. Born in Lyon, he studied at the Sorbonne. He has published a number of works in different literary genres, the best-known of which are two prize-winning novels Le rire de l’ogre and La petite Chartreuse. Both titles are studied in French schools and lycees, and both have been translated into English, the former by Euan Cameron and the latter by Ina Rilke.
