by Philippe Claudel · LGF/Le Livre de Poche · libro de bolsillo · ISBN 9782253115540
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«La Petite Fille de Monsieur Linh» is the novel by Philippe Claudel, published by LGF/Le Livre de Poche in paperback (183 pages, in French).
Monsieur Linh, an old man fleeing his war-torn country, arrives in a foreign city by boat with a light suitcase and his newborn granddaughter. The novel follows his adaptation to a life marked by loneliness and the language barrier, and the unexpected friendship he strikes up with another man, in a reflection on loss and hope.
The work was recognized with the Independent Foreign Fiction Prize. It was originally published in 2005 and this edition dates from 2007.
For readers of contemporary literary fiction seeking a short story about migration, old age and friendship.
Philippe Claudel is a French writer and film director.
