The Paris Trilogy av Colombe Schneck

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<P><B><I>The Paris Trilogy </I>is celebrated French author Colombe Schneck's first English language publication, translated by Lauren Elkin and Natasha Lehrer.<BR/><BR/> Writing in response to Annie Ernaux and in conversation with Elena Ferrante, Colombe Schneck's three semi-autobiographical takes on a woman’s life form an elegant, powerful exploration of sexuality, bodily autonomy, friendship, loss and renewal.</B><BR/><BR/> Colombe is seventeen in 1984 and carefree, busy discovering sex and studying for her baccalauréat. When she becomes pregnant her choice to have an abortion is never in question. Yet suddenly she must grapple with the body that has brought the precarity of her freedom into focus.<BR/><BR/> Colombe and Héloïse are two little Parisian liberals, friends since the age of eleven. They look alike, have similar upbringings and for years they follow parallel paths: university, love affairs, work, marriage, children, divorce, more