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    Delicacy by David Foenkinos (Book Analysis): Detailed Summary, Analysis and Reading Guide
    Delicacy by David Foenkinos (Book Analysis): Detailed Summary, Analysis and Reading Guide
    Delicacy by David Foenkinos (Book Analysis): Detailed Summary, Analysis and Reading Guide
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    Delicacy by David Foenkinos (Book Analysis): Detailed Summary, Analysis and Reading Guide

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    Unlock the more straightforward side of Delicacy with this concise and insightful summary and analysis!
    This engaging summary presents an analysis of Delicacy by David Foenkinos, the moving and beautifully written story of a young woman who battles through her grief and learns that it is possible to move on, and that external appearances are not always the most important thing. The work has received no fewer than ten prestigious literary awards and has been adapted by the author himself into a highly popular film starring Audrey Tatou. Foenkinos is a multi-talented, award-winning writer who skilfully demonstrates his gentle and humorous writing style with this stunning novel.
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    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherBrightSummaries.com
    Release dateNov 9, 2016
    ISBN9782806288004
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      Delicacy by David Foenkinos (Book Analysis) - Bright Summaries

      French novelist

      Born in Paris in 1974

      Notable works:

      Inversion de l’idiotie [The Inversion of Idiocy] (2002), novel

      Les Cœurs automnes [Autumn Hearts] (2006), novel

      Delicacy (2009), novel

      David Foenkinos is a French author and director who was born in 1974 and studied literature at the Sorbonne (Paris). With his works published by Gallimard since 2002 (and then by other publishers, including Bloomsbury for translations of his works into English), the novelist has explored different modes of expression, such as theatre, comics and cinema. He has won many literary awards and has tackled the film adaptations of his own works (Delicacy, 2011), which have also been translated into over 15 languages.

      Among his main works are Inversion de l’idiotie (2002), Les Cœurs automnes (2006), Qui se souvient de David Foenkinos? [Who Remembers David Foenkinos?] (2007), Delicacy (2009) and Lennon (2010).

      A work brimming over with emotion

      Genre: novel

      Reference edition: Foenkinos, D. (2011) Delicacy.

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