The Short Dress [Paperback] Marie Gauthier [Paperback] Marie Gauthier

The Short Dress Marie Gauthier Translated By: Arka Bhattacharya About The Book: FourteenYearOld Felix Arrived In A Dusty MarketTown As A Summer Apprentice To The Roadmender And Started Living With Him And His SixteenYearOld Daughter, Gil. Lively, Light, And Alert, Gil Remains At The Heart Of The Novel, And In FelixS Life. Dropping Out From School, She Now Worked At The MiniMart And Looked After The House. And In Her Free Time, Slipped Away With Men, Lots Of Men, Often Older Than Her. In Between His Internship, And Especially At Night When HeS Alone, Gil Reigns Over FelixS Mind. Fascinated With Her Puzzling Ways, He Gradually Turns Her Into His Sole Preoccupation And Waits For A Sign From Her.With A Compelling Intensity, Marie Gauthier Reinstates The Dull And Oppressive Atmosphere Of A Village In The Middle Of Summer, And The Confused Sensations Of A Young Boy Before The Disturbing Sensuality Of GilS Body. The Book Has Won The Prix Goncourt Du Premier Roman 2019, The Highest French Prize For Literature. About The Author: Marie Gauthier Was Born In Annecy. After Studying Literature In Lyon, She Enrolled In Theater. She Lives In Paris. The Short Dress Is Her First Novel.