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AUTHOR

‘Adolescence fascinates me: it’s a time of great transformations, of burning emotions. The parents in my novel don’t assume their role in the slightest, and so this child and her brother are left to their own devices. I was interested to see how their relationship with death would change when they witness a tragic accident up close. Suddenly they are forced to confront our condition as living beings who can die, who can suffer, who can be hurt. My heroine has a sense of responsibility that is truly exceptional.’

TRANSLATOR

‘It all began with a siphon, for whipped cream, pressurized. Or should that be a flask? My mind was whirring before I’d even translated a word. Then I saw two of them, in the window of one of those stores that sells everything: “Cream Whipper” said the box, above a picture of something that was very definitely a siphon. Real Life is all about the seemingly ordinary, the seemingly familiar, that really isn’t. My challenge as a translator was to maintain this edginess to the seemingly matter-of-fact prose.’

PUBLISHER

‘Adeline Dieudonné’s is a unique new voice that I am very proud to present to you. I fell in love with this debut even before the original version was published in France, where it became a bestseller right away. Dieudonné’s writing is extremely powerful, and feels both fresh and alive. I love her dark humor, the evocative metaphors she uses, and the fearless way she writes about violence and sex. Her writing is something else.’