by Adriana Lisboa · La Joie de Lire · tapa blanda · ISBN 9782882585158
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«Quand le coeur s'arrête» is the young adult novel by Adriana Lisboa, published by La Joie de Lire in paperback (112 pages, in French).
In Rio de Janeiro, a fifteen-year-old boy spends the night at the hospital with a friend who was hit by a car. The next morning he takes refuge at the home of Paloma, his girlfriend, and over the course of a week writes this story on his computer, mixing confidences and reflections on his life, his family, and the doubts of adolescence.
It is a translation from the Portuguese by Dominique Nédellec, with the original title «O Coração às Vezes Para de Bater».
For readers aged 12 to 15; narrated in the first person by an adolescent protagonist.
Adriana Lisboa is a Brazilian writer. She is the author of seven novels, and has also published poetry, short stories, essays, and books for children. Her books have been translated into more than a dozen languages. Crow Blue is Lisboa's most recent novel translated into English and was named a book of the year by The Independent (London). Her stories and poems have appeared in Granta, Modern Poetry in Translation, The Brooklyn Rail, Litro, The Missing Slate, Joyland, Sonofabook, Waxwing, and others.
