by Joël Egloff · tapa blanda · ISBN 9782070311576
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«L'étourdissement» is the novel by Joël Egloff, published by Gallimard in paperback (140 pages, in French).
The protagonist lives in a no-man's-land between an airport and a landfill. He works in a slaughterhouse and lives with his grandmother, whom he cares for, and with Bortch, his workmate and confidant. Since childhood he has learned to turn that depressing reality into wonderful images, with a black humor that softens the misery of his surroundings.
The book won the Prix du Livre Inter in 2005. The Folio collection edition is from 2006; the work originally appeared in 2005.
For readers of contemporary French fiction who appreciate marginal settings.
Joël Egloff is a contemporary French writer and screenwriter.
