Notable awards, prix goncourt des lyceens prix des libraires 2009. Download for offline reading, highlight, bookmark or take notes while you read no and me. Lou bertignac has an iq of 160 and a good friend in class rebel lucas. But there does remain something unworldly about no and me, something that keeps it apart from pure. Pdf, epub, mobi download free read les gratitudes online for your kindle, ipad, android, nook, pc. Signin to download and listen to this audiobook today. Her breakthrough work was the book no et moi no and. In fact, she is so smart that she has skipped two grades and now go to classes with the schools fifteen. Lou bertignac has an iq of 160 and a good friend called lucas, who gets her through the school day. Just send us an email and well put the best up on the site. Winner of the prestigious booksellers prize in france, no and me is a timely and thoughtprovoking novel about homelessness that has farreaching appeal. Her novel, translated by george miller, tells the story of the relationship between her protagonist, struggling writer delphine, and a woman, l. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading no and me. Adolescente surdouee, lou bertignac reve damour, observe les gens, collectionne les mots, multiplie les experiences domestiques et les theories fantaisistes.
No and me is a deceptively simple book, translated from the french. I had the honor to ask today my question to delphine which read. Outwardly, with her smooth hair and perfectly filed nails, l. This sophisticated psychological thriller skillfully blurs the line between fact and fiction, reality and artifice. But lou is about to change her lifeand that of her parentsall because of a school project about homeless teens. The international awardwinning story of two girls from different backgrounds, united in friendship. Set in paris, a quirky and gifted thirteen year old girl, lou, meets a homeless girl, no, and their relationship has intriguing consequences.
Apr 27, 2017 the narrator is also called delphine and works as a writer in paris. It tells the story of lou, a young girl who befriends no, a homeless girl, and decides to help her, gaining her first insight into the functioning of society along the way. I really enjoyed this short novel which i had picked up as i knew there is a french movie based on the book which i now would like to see sometime. She published her first novel, jours sans faim, in 2001 under the pseudonym lou delvig, and since then has released a string of successful novels under her own name, including the awardwinning no and me and based on a true story. But there does remain something unworldly about no and me. It just frustrated me because i loved this book so much. Notable works, no and me nothing holds back the night. At thirteen, she is gifted beyond her years, sitting in class with students two years older than her. The papers mentioned below are only a few ones on specific topics or recently published.
I dont think it is a novel, but i respect the authors honesty in. May, 2011 o h, but the french do loneliness and desperation classily. Her breakthrough work was the book no et moi no and me that was awarded the prix des libraires the booksellers prize in france in 2008. Her first published work, jours sans faim 2001, was published under the pseudonym lou delvig, although since then she has. Almost 150 papers about vigan technology and machines were published in journals all over the world and in various languages. Parisian teenager lou has an iq of 160, ocd tendencies, and a mother who has suffered from depression for years. They have an elegant restaurant serving superb local and international cuisine.
Download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or tablets. Although her parents are welloff, her life shows that money cant guarantee happiness. It is one of those borderline books that appears in both adult. Lou bertignac, the me of the books title, is a yearold girl who lives in paris. Lou bertignac is a thirteen year old french girl who is significantly brighter than all her peers. It tells the story of lou, a young girl who befriends no, a homeless girl, and decides to help her, gaining her. Overwhelmed by the huge success of her latest book, exhausted and unable to begin writing the next one, delphine meets l. Lous parents still mourn the death of her baby sister, and lou is struggling to cope with her mothers reclusive. No and me is her first novel to be published in english. Discover more authors youll love listening to on audible. In this novel, 15yearold no, a homeless parisian adolescent, is also. At home, her father cries in secret in the bathroom and her. For me, what saved this book was the last third or so. Born 1 march 1966 age 54 boulognebillancourt, france.