by Carole Martinez · Gallimard · tapa blanda · ISBN 9782070379491
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«Le cœur cousu» is the novel by Carole Martinez, published by Gallimard in paperback (448 pages, in French).
Frasquita, a woman from an Andalusian village, discovers in the box inherited from her lineage threads and needles with which she sews and mends people, until she is considered a witch. When her husband loses her in a cockfight, she embarks on a journey through an Andalusia shaken by peasant revolts with her children, each with supernatural gifts.
The work was originally published in 2007; this edition from the Folio collection (volume A37949) dates from 2009. The novel received the Prix Renaudot des lycéens and the Prix Ulysse.
For readers of contemporary fiction and magical realism, with Andalusian setting and fantastical elements.
Carole Martinez is a French contemporary novelist.
