Faces on the Tip of My Tongue

Faces on the Tip of My Tongue | Emmanuelle Pagano

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A quirky collection of short stories, set in rural France, and all interlinked in some way. The title is very apt as all of the characters are unnamed and a bit shadowy and ethereal.

I think that there was only one story I struggled with, perhaps because I didn‘t fully understand it. I loved the last one the most, about books and reading.

Thank you so much for gifting this to me Jess @jhod š - hope you‘re doing OK?

AnneCecilie I think every booklover will love the last story the most. Which story did you struggle with? 4y

BarbaraBB All these squirrels š€š 4y

squirrelbrain There‘s a *lot* more on their shelves (and elsewhere in the house)! @BarbaraBB 4y

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squirrelbrain @AnneCecilie - it was the one called ā€Three Press-ups and Unable to Die‘. I think I was losing the thread of who was who by that stage and I couldn‘t work out who was telling the tale. I picked up the thread after that though.... 4y

jhod Hi Helen! Glad you enjoyed it! I have just submitted an essay and having a glass of wine so I am good! Letter coming your way tomorrow xx 4y

squirrelbrain At least you had the wine after the essay and not before @jhod ! š¤£ I look forward to hearing your news....š 4y

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CaroPi

Faces on the Tip of My Tongue | Emmanuelle Pagano

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This is a beautiful collection of #shortstories translated from French. But is recommended to read them as a book because some of them are related.

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AnneCecilie

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A collection of linked short stories and that are my favorite kind of short stories.

We meet the mother who accidentally invites a stranger to her daughter‘s wedding, the young girl that kills a fox, a boy who stands in drivers blind spot, the driver that stops, and my favorite story at the end about books and reading.

It days on the blurb that the stories take place in rural France and I guess I was hoping for more Frenchness.

AnneCecilie 4th book finished for #AwesomeAugust @Andrew65 5y

Andrew65 Well done š‘¸š‘¸š‘¸ 5y

AnneCecilie This book has its own square at the #BookSpinBingo @TheAromaofBooks 5y

TheAromaofBooks Woohoo!! Great progress!! 5y

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Emilymdxn

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I loved this book of short stories (or was it a novel?) linking various unnamed characters in a small French town. It was everything I want from a #bookerinternational2020 book - just the right amount enigmatic that I wanted to think about it deeply but not so self consciously meta or literary that it made me roll my eyes. Very worthy of a place on the shortlist! Beautiful writing and translation

Megabooks Stacked!!! Sounds good. 5y

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rockpools

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Perfectly titled. Short stories link together in a novel of unnamed characters you sort-of recognise but can‘t always quite place. Set in the mountains and winding roads of rural France, we meet the characters who call this place home, even if they‘re desperate to leave. Melancholy, disorientating and beautifully written - I really liked this one.

#BookerInternational2020 #ReadingEurope2020 #France @BarbaraBB @Librarybelle

Cathythoughts Nice review & pic š‘¨š¸»āØāØāØāØāØ 5y

Cinfhen Exactly what @Cathythoughts said š§�š§�š§� 5y

Reggie The picture for some reason makes me hungry for pumpkin pie but the review makes me want to read the book! 5y

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BarbaraBB Perfect picture š‘ 5y

rockpools @Reggie š‚š‚š‚ I need to come to the US for a food tasting tour. Pumpkin pie. Grits. There‘s a bunch of others I haven‘t got a clue about... Meantime, I think you‘d like the book! 5y

rockpools @BarbaraBB @Cinfhen @Cathythoughts Thank you! Have to catch whatever sun‘s about at the moment! 5y

Lcsmcat Sounds interesting. Stacked. 5y

rockpools @Lcsmcat š‘¨ Hope you enjoy it! 5y

Librarybelle Sounds interesting! 5y

Lcsmcat @RachelO Thanks. And if you do come to the US to try pumpkin pie and grits, come to the southeast. Nobody else can make grits you‘d want to eat. š€ 5y

rockpools @Lcsmcat Noted! I keep finding grits in recipe books, but I‘m 100% certain I wouldn‘t want to eat it (them? It?) if I made it myself! 5y

rockpools @Librarybelle šš‘¨ 5y

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rockpools

Faces on the Tip of My Tongue | Emmanuelle Pagano

The #internationalbooker longlist is out! Iā€ve loved watching this one unfold over the last few years, so this year Iā€m going to actually try and read some (aiming for 4) of them now (rather than 6 years later).

Starting with the tagged - short stories from rural France. Not sure where itā€s going to go, but so far itā€s beautiful- feels almost like Tove Janssen.

Hereā€s the list if you need it
https://thebookerprizes.com/international-booker/2020

rockpools AND this‘ll be my #readingeurope2020 #france š‡«š‡· šˇ‰šˇ‰šˇ‰ 5y

Hoopiefoot Enjoy! I always like trying to read a few of the long list too. 5y

rockpools @Hoopiefoot Thanks - you too! So many I hadn‘t heard of this year. 5y

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