― Carol Gladstein, Booklist “Delphine de Vigan's novel Underground Time reveals the psychological working conditions endured by 21st century corporate middle management employees and the loneliness, isolation, and anonymity of contemporary urban life in much the same way that Upton Sinclair's The Jungle exposed the hazardous working
In her most recent novel, The Children Are Kings (2022), Vigan uses a detective story to address the lives of child influencers who are marketed to by their mother on YouTube. The filming of the adaptation of the novel is currently in preparation by Disney+ .
Loyalties, or Les Loyautés in French, is award-winning author Delphine de Vigan's latest novel to be translated from English. It started off promisingly enough but soon became a strain to read as everything was a little disjointed, and the constant need to try to keep engaged with the novel left me cold and somewhat irked.
The cover flap of Delphine de Vigan's book, which is translated by George Miller, calls it a novel. I don't think it is a novel, but I respect the author's honesty in not calling it a memoir. The
Delphine de Vigan’s writing is clean and subtle but powerful and I am completely impressed by the translation. I’ve read a few translated novels this year and this one really stands out. Every word just feels right. That being said, this book also feels absolutely Not American which I LOVED.
A few nights in a proper bed with home-cooked meals isn't enough to transform her life – Delphine de Vigan deftly resists that particular fairy-tale. But there does remain something unworldly
Nada se opone a la noche. Delphine de Vigan. Editorial Anagrama, Aug 30, 2012 - Fiction - 376 pages. Después de encontrar a Lucile, su madre, muerta en misteriosas circunstancias, Delphine de Vigan se convierte en una sagaz detective dispuesta a reconstruir la vida de la desaparecida. Los cientos de fotografÃas tomadas durante años, la
That happened to me with Delphine de Vigan's Based on a True Story. I so adored it that I was inspired to go on a second-hand book-buying spree, ordering copies of all de Vigan's previous novels (well, all that have been translated into English).
Showing 26 distinct works. sort by * Note: these are all the books on Goodreads for this author. To add more books, click here . Delphine de Vigan has 26 books on Goodreads with 163409 ratings. Delphine de Vigan’s most popular book is Rien ne s'oppose à la nuit.
Delphine de Vigan is the author of several novels, four of them available in English: No and Me, awarded the 2008 Prix des Libraires (Bookseller's Prize); Underground Time, shortlisted for the 2009 Prix Goncourt; Nothing Holds Back the Night, awarded the Prix du roman Fnac, the Prix Roman France Télévisions, and the Prix Renaudot des Lycéens
De Vigan ha escrito una narración perturbadora que es al mismo tiempo un thriller inquietante, un relato con pinceladas de ciencia ficción sobre algo muy real y un documento demoledor sobre la alienación contemporánea, la explotación de la intimidad, la falsa felicidad proyectada en las pantallas y la manipulación de las emociones.
De cette relation triangulaire, Delphine de Vigan fait se dégager un fumet de sentiments créés à partir de douleurs du passé. Le langage est poétique, le ton est juste. Tout est dit avec beaucoup de pudeur et de délicatesse même si l’on entre dans les recoins les plus cachés de la vie de ces personnages.
This engaging summary presents an analysis of Nothing Holds Back the Night by Delphine de Vigan, a fascinating autobiographical novel in which the author searches for answers from her family following her mother’s suicide, and comes to understand parts of her better than she ever did while her mother was still alive.
Based on a True Story by Delphine De Vigan is published by Bloomsbury (£12.99). To order a copy for £11.04 go to bookshop.theguardian.com or call 0330 333 6846. Free UK p&p over £10, online
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