MAXIM LEO
‘Beautiful and supremely touching… an unbearably poignant description of a world that no longer exists’ Sunday Telegraph
THE BREAK
PIETRO GROSSI
‘Small and perfectly formed… reaching its end leaves the reader desirous to start all over again’ Independent
FROM THE FATHERLAND, WITH LOVE
RYU MURAKAMI
‘If Haruki is The Beatles of Japanese literature, Ryu is its Rolling Stones’ David Pilling
BUTTERFLIES IN NOVEMBER
AUÐUR AVA ÓLAFSDÓTTIR
‘A funny, moving and occasionally bizarre exploration of life’s upheavals and reversals’ Financial Times
MARC PASTOR
‘As gruesome as it is gripping… the writing is extraordinarily vivid… Highly recommended’ Independent
THE LAST DAYS
LAURENT SEKSIK
‘Mesmerising… Seksik’s portrait of Zweig’s final months is dignified and tender’ Financial Times
BY BLOOD
ELLEN ULLMAN
‘Delicious and intriguing’ Daily Telegraph
WHILE THE GODS WERE SLEEPING
ERWIN MORTIER
THE BRETHREN
ROBERT MERLE
‘A master of the historical novel’ Guardian
About the Author
Born in Bordeaux in 1957, MARIE-SABINE ROGER has been writing books for both adults and children since 1989. Soft in the Head was made into a 2010 film, My Afternoons with Margueritte, directed by Jean Becker, starring Gerard Depardieu.
Pushkin Press will also publish Marie-Sabine Roger’s Get Well Soon, which won the Prix des lecteurs de l’Express in 2012.
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Translation © Frank Wynne 2016
First published in French as La Tête en friche in 2008
This translation first published by Pushkin Press in 2016
ISBN 978 1 782272 04 5
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