Mend the Living
by Maylis de Kerangal
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Pub Date 11 Feb 2016 | Archive Date 16 Jun 2022
Quercus Books | Maclehose Press
Description
Longlisted for the Man Booker International Prize 2016
From fatal accident to life-saving operation, Maylis de Kerangal, one of the brightest and boldest writers of literary fiction, returns with the epic story of a heart transplant.
A twenty-four hour whirlwind of life and death.
This is the heart of Simon Limbeau.
This is the black box of his twenty-year-old body, circulating five litres of blood each minute, compressing itself a hundred thousand times each day. No bigger than a fist, yet it is capable of pumping blood through sixty thousand miles of blood vessels. This heart has leaped, swelled, melted, sunk, and now, on this glacial winter night, it rests and recharges, readying itself for the day ahead.
5.50 a.m.
This is his heart.
And here is its story.
From fatal accident to life-saving operation, Maylis de Kerangal, one of the brightest and boldest writers of literary fiction, returns with the epic story of a heart transplant.
A twenty-four hour whirlwind of life and death.
This is the heart of Simon Limbeau.
This is the black box of his twenty-year-old body, circulating five litres of blood each minute, compressing itself a hundred thousand times each day. No bigger than a fist, yet it is capable of pumping blood through sixty thousand miles of blood vessels. This heart has leaped, swelled, melted, sunk, and now, on this glacial winter night, it rests and recharges, readying itself for the day ahead.
5.50 a.m.
This is his heart.
And here is its story.
Advance Praise
"One of the most original and exciting writers to have come from France in the last few years" - Jonathan Coe
"Maylis de Kerangal navigates perfectly between the epic and the intimate; let's just say that her writing will shake you to your very core." - Elle
"This breathless novel has all the beauty of a Greek tragedy. It is also a hymn to creation and a meditation on the relationship between the body and consciousness, life and death." - Astrid de Larminat, Figaro
"A true novel, a great novel, an extraordinary novel." - Bernard Pivot, Journal du Dimamche
"Far from being the simple tale of a heart transplant, this novel is a true epic, a great modern saga that investigates our relationship with death as much as our relationship with language." - Francois Busnel, Lire
"Maylis de Kerangal navigates perfectly between the epic and the intimate; let's just say that her writing will shake you to your very core." - Elle
"This breathless novel has all the beauty of a Greek tragedy. It is also a hymn to creation and a meditation on the relationship between the body and consciousness, life and death." - Astrid de Larminat, Figaro
"A true novel, a great novel, an extraordinary novel." - Bernard Pivot, Journal du Dimamche
"Far from being the simple tale of a heart transplant, this novel is a true epic, a great modern saga that investigates our relationship with death as much as our relationship with language." - Francois Busnel, Lire
Available Editions
| EDITION | Other Format |
| ISBN | 9780857053879 |
| PRICE | £14.99 (GBP) |
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