The anomaly / Hervé Le Tellier ; translated from the French by Adriana Hunter.
"Winner of the Prix Goncourt, this dizzying literary page-turner ingeniously blends crime, fantasy, sci-fi, and thriller as it plumbs the mysteries surrounding a Paris-New York flight. In June 2021, a senseless event upends the lives of hundreds of men and women, all passengers on a flight from Paris to New York. Among them: Blake, a respectable family man, though he works as a contract killer; Slimboy, a Nigerian pop star tired of living a lie; Joanna, a formidable lawyer whose flaws have caught up with her; and Victor Miesel, a critically acclaimed yet commercially unsuccessful writer who suddenly becomes a cult hit. All of them believed they had double lives. None imagined just how true that was. A virtuoso novel where logic confronts magic, The Anomaly explores the part of ourselves that eludes us. This witty variation on the doppelgänger theme, which takes us on a journey from Lagos and Mumbai to the White House, proves to be Hervé Le Tellier's most ambitious work yet"-- Provided by publisher.
Record details
- ISBN: 9781635421699 (trade paperback)
- Physical Description: 391 pages ; 21 cm
- Publisher: New York : Other Press, [2021]
- Copyright: ©2021
Content descriptions
| General Note: | Originally published in French as L'anomalie: Paris : Gallimard, 2020. |
| Language Note: | Translated from the French. |
Search for related items by subject
| Subject: | Doppelgängers > Fiction. |
| Genre: | Thrillers (Fiction) Psychological fiction. |
Available copies
- 0 of 1 copy available at Tsuga Consortium.
Holds
- 0 current holds with 1 total copy.
Show All Copies
| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
|---|
Hervé Le Tellier is a writer, journalist, mathematician, food critic, and teacher. He has been a member of the Oulipo group since 1992 and one of the âpapousâ of the famous France Culture radio show. He has published numerous books of stories, essays, memoir, and novels, including the Goncourt Prizeâwinning The Anomaly, which has sold more than one million copies worldwide, All Happy Families, Electrico W, and Enough About Love.
Adriana Hunter studied French and Drama at the University of London. She has translated more than ninety books, including Véronique Olmiâs Bakhita and Hervé Le Tellierâs Eléctrico W, winner of the French-American Foundationâs 2013 Translation Prize in Fiction. She lives in Kent, England.