![]() ![]() ![]() This is the feisty and contradictory island world of a writer who is quite unclassifiable. Mon Étincelle is a depiction of the eternal interplay of love and chance which brings lovers together in a world peopled by characters with the most unlikely of names – Étincelle (Spark), Gentleness, Pain, Paracetamol, Aspirin, Vitamin, Calcium. She thinks back to the stories her mother used to tell her, including the sumptuous but tragic tale which ultimately led to her own birth. as if echoing her own turbulent love life, torn as she is between two lovers. The young Étincelle is flying between the two islands of her native country, the Comoros, when the plane hits turbulence. 2 Seas represents: Dutch, Nordic and English (USA & Canada) Rights.įollowing hot on the heels of his highly original debut Anguille sous roche (winner of the Prix Wepler special jury award, Prix Senghor for best novel in French and over 15,000 copies sold), this second novel by Ali Zamir is another masterclass in the art of storytelling, drawing us delectably into an exotic island universe which is feisty, colourful and awash with tales of love. ![]()
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