Pétronille: A Novel

By Amelie Nothomb and Alison Anderson

Two female authors share adventures and champagne in this witty novel about friendship by the celebrated author of Hygeine and the Assassin.

With wry humor and a deceptively simple style, Pétronille tells an unusual story about twin abiding passions: one for champagne, and the other for a riotous friendship between her protagonist and Pétronille Fanto, a woman who refuses to drink alone.

This is a funny, moving, exotic novel about travel, France, champagne, and, above all, women's friendship. The on-again/off-again friendship between Pétronille and the main character in the book, who happens to be a writer by the name of Amélie Nothomb, gives the story its verve and the novel its heart. This is literary Thelma & Louise, with a little bit of French panache and a whole lot of champagne thrown in.

Praise for Pétronille

“Rich, truly funny, and as inappropriate as a glass of Dom Pérignon at ten in the morning.” —Elle (France)

“Nothomb’s novel is full of energy.” —Publishers Weekly

“A slight, frothy bubble of a book, in Amélie Nothomb’s signature lighthearted style.” —Shelf Awareness

• Language: English
• Publisher: Open Road Integrated Media
• Release date: Oct 6, 2015
• ISBN: 9781609453008

Amelie Nothomb

Amelie Nothomb's novels are international bestsellers. Belgian by birth, she lives in Paris. Her novel Fear and Trembling (Griffin) was made into a successful film in France.

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Reviews for Pétronille

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