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Prize-winning author Anna Gavalda has galvanized the literary world with an exquisite genius for storytelling. Here, in her epic new novel of intimate lives-and filled with the "humanity and wit" (Marie Claire) that has made it a bestselling sensation in France-Gavalda explores the twists of fate that connect four people in Paris. Comprised of a starving artist, her shy, aristocratic neighbor, his obnoxious but talented roommate, and a neglected grandmother, this curious, damaged quartet may be hopeless apart, but together, they may just be able to face the world.… (more)
msmacarro: Este libro tiene unos personajes excepcionales, con personalidades muy bien determinadas y una evolución. El lenguaje está lleno de encanto y sabe transmitirte. Otra historia realista, con personajes creíbles (a pesar de todas sus peculiaridades) que tienen una vida interesante por algún motivo, y con sentimientos también. Merece la pena… (more)
Juntos, nada más Anna Gavalda Publicado: 2004 | 439 páginas Novela Realista Romántico
Camille tiene 26 años, dibuja de maravilla, pero no tiene fuerza para hacerlo. Frágil y desorientada, malvive en una buhardilla y se esmera en desaparecer: apenas come, limpia oficinas de noche y su relación con el mundo es agonizante. Philibert, su vecino, vive en un apartamento enorme del que podría ser desalojado; es tartamudo, un caballero a la antigua que vende postales en un museo, y el casero de Franck. Cocinero de un gran restaurante, Franck es mujeriego y vulgar, lo cual irrita a la única persona que lo ha querido, su abuela Paulette, que a sus 83 años se deja morir en un asilo añorando su hogar y las visitas de su nieto. Cuatro supervivientes magullados por la vida, cuyo encuentro va a salvarlos de un naufragio anunciado. La relación que se establece entre estos perdedores de corazón puro es de una riqueza inaudita, tendrán que aprender a conocerse para lograr el milagro de la convivencia. Juntos, nada más es una historia viva, con un ritmo suspendido en el aire, llena de esos minúsculos dramas personales que seducen por su sencillez, su sinceridad y su inconmensurable humanidad. Anna Gavalda deja hablar a sus personajes, posee un agudo sentido de la observación de la fragilidad del ser humano, del delicado equilibrio entre la felicidad y la desesperanza, entre los sentimientos y las palabras para contarlos. Ha dado en el blanco con una novela divertida, que se lee de un tirón y que celebra la felicidad de estar con quien de verdad es importante. A punto de ser llevada al cine, Juntos, nada más ha hecho temblar durante meses las listas de los libros más vendidos de Francia.
Was für ein zauberhaftes Buch! All diese verlorenen Seelen, die sich einander ganz vorsichtig annähern... Am Ende war ich zu Tränen gerührt, das passiert mir wirklich selten. ( )
A complete delight of a story, filled with delicious, well-drawn and complex characters, the scent of Paris, the light that filters in through old windows in ancient apartments in an arrondissement tucked somewhere near the Eiffel Tower…
It made me miss Europe with an ache that I haven’t felt in a while- missing the scenery, the civilization, the subtle differences between vous and tu and all that that means. The food. The art. Sigh.
I’d like to read this in French someday, should I ever be able to drag up my schoolgirl French to anything approximating coherence. I feel reading it in the original language (though the translation is excellent) would bring even more of these feelings to the reader- and they are so pleasurable I had to immediately tell people about how lovely this book was.
A delight only spoiled by its ending- I miss the characters already. Read it. It’s a happy book. Nice nice people. ( )
The concept behind Hunting and Gathering is super simple. Bring four very different people together and tell a story about how they coexist. Each has a personal tragedy; a difficulty finding solid ground either mentally, physically, or financially. For some, all three imbalances exist. Philibert is the understated hero who brings anorexically malnourished Camille to his barely furnished apartment. He is already sharing the space with overworked and underemotional Franck, a chef with very little time or patience for anyone except an ailing grandmother. Philibert is not without his own issues. He suffers from debilitating social anxiety. To compensate for a stutter, he dresses outrageously and is excessively polite. They all share common issues of loss, an inability to cope with family, and an undeniable fondness for one another. When Franck brings his grandmother to the dilapidated apartment as the fourth roommate the relationships grow deeper and more meaningful. ( )
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Paulette Lestafier war nicht so verrückt, wie die Leute behaupteten.
Paulette Lestafier wasn't as crazy as they said.
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... - die Kleine hatte ganz schön zugenommen -, machte die Tür auf, ging über den Platz ins Hotel gegenüber, streckte Vishayan, seinem Kumpel an der Rezeption, den er zwischen zwei Faxen mit Essen versorgte, die Hand hin, dankte ihm und ging lächelnd die Treppe hinauf.
Franck finished serving Mathilde, and sighed ... shit, I really have to do everything around here, I do ... he put the ladle back in the dish, untied his apron, placed it over the back of his chair, took the baby, put it back in it's mother's arms, lifted up the woman he loved, held her over his shoulder like a sack of potatoes or a half-carcass of beef, groaned, she's put on weight this little thing ... opended the door, walked across the square, went into the hotel across the street, shook hands with Vishayan, his concierge friend whom he fed between faxes, thanked him and marched on up the stairs with a smile.
Prize-winning author Anna Gavalda has galvanized the literary world with an exquisite genius for storytelling. Here, in her epic new novel of intimate lives-and filled with the "humanity and wit" (Marie Claire) that has made it a bestselling sensation in France-Gavalda explores the twists of fate that connect four people in Paris. Comprised of a starving artist, her shy, aristocratic neighbor, his obnoxious but talented roommate, and a neglected grandmother, this curious, damaged quartet may be hopeless apart, but together, they may just be able to face the world.
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This international best-seller from one of France's rising literary stars is sure to be a popular book-club choice. Although Gavalda (Someone I Loved, 2005) amps up the pathos, she delivers a winning portrait of a group of misfits who band together to form their own family. There's socially awkward aristocrat Philibert, who is living in his dead grandmother's grand if sparely furnished Parisian apartment until her will has been sorted out; his handy but uncouth roommate, Franck, a talented cook who is heartsick over having to commit his grandmother to a nursing home; and gifted artist Camille, who works cleaning offices and suffers from anorexia. When Philibert finds Camille in her freezing attic apartment exhausted from a fever, he nurses her back to health. The chef and the artist take an immediate dislike to each other and then promptly fall in love, and the three then "embark on what might turn out to be the most beautiful days of their lives." Gavalda casts her immensely appealing story in such a sunny albeit sentimental light, readers will find it nearly impossible to resist.
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Anna Gavalda
Publicado: 2004 | 439 páginas
Novela Realista Romántico
Camille tiene 26 años, dibuja de maravilla, pero no tiene fuerza para hacerlo. Frágil y desorientada, malvive en una buhardilla y se esmera en desaparecer: apenas come, limpia oficinas de noche y su relación con el mundo es agonizante. Philibert, su vecino, vive en un apartamento enorme del que podría ser desalojado; es tartamudo, un caballero a la antigua que vende postales en un museo, y el casero de Franck. Cocinero de un gran restaurante, Franck es mujeriego y vulgar, lo cual irrita a la única persona que lo ha querido, su abuela Paulette, que a sus 83 años se deja morir en un asilo añorando su hogar y las visitas de su nieto. Cuatro supervivientes magullados por la vida, cuyo encuentro va a salvarlos de un naufragio anunciado. La relación que se establece entre estos perdedores de corazón puro es de una riqueza inaudita, tendrán que aprender a conocerse para lograr el milagro de la convivencia. Juntos, nada más es una historia viva, con un ritmo suspendido en el aire, llena de esos minúsculos dramas personales que seducen por su sencillez, su sinceridad y su inconmensurable humanidad. Anna Gavalda deja hablar a sus personajes, posee un agudo sentido de la observación de la fragilidad del ser humano, del delicado equilibrio entre la felicidad y la desesperanza, entre los sentimientos y las palabras para contarlos. Ha dado en el blanco con una novela divertida, que se lee de un tirón y que celebra la felicidad de estar con quien de verdad es importante. A punto de ser llevada al cine, Juntos, nada más ha hecho temblar durante meses las listas de los libros más vendidos de Francia.