Delicacy - Softcover

David Foenkinos

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1408832526 ISBN 13: 9781408832523

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC, 2012

Synopsis

Book by Foenkinos, David

About this title

Review:

Amazon Best Books of the Month, February 2012: David Foenkinos has been showered with accolades, including nominations for France’s top five literary awards, and here’s another: His new novel is one of the finest of the year. Sly and funny, with a dark patina that belies its nationality, Delicacy traces the relationship between Natalie, an ambitious young beauty, and Markus, a kind and bumbling introvert. She, suddenly widowed, seems untouchable; he has, as the French say, no game, but he manages to touch her anyway. We get the pleasure of watching it happen, and Foenkinos’s precise, insightful style makes us forget that these two are falling in love on the page and not right in front of us. Don't be fooled by the chick-lit cover or the forthcoming feature film starring Audrey "Amélie" Tautou. Delicacy isn't a bonbon, it's a main course--rich and nuanced and completely satisfying. --Mia Lipman

From the Back Cover:

Natalie and François are the perfect couple, and perfectly happy. But after François dies suddenly, only seven years into their still blissful marriage, the widowed Natalie erects a fortress around her emotions into which no one can gain access. Until the most unlikely candidate appears: Markus, Natalie’s Swedish, geeky, and unassuming coworker.

About this edition

• Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
• Publication date: 2012
• ISBN 10: 1408832526
• ISBN 13: 9781408832523
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 256