The Rendezvous is a beautiful and evocative first novel that blurs all lines between memoir and fiction. In a painfully sentimental journey, Louise, a sophisticated eighteen-year-old Parisian student, sits in a café awaiting the arrival of her long-absent mother, an aging hippie and former fashion model. As the hours pass and Louise waits, she reaches deeper and deeper into her store of memory, recalling the early failure of her parents' marriage. Louise remembers how brief and unfulfilling meetings with her mother have punctuated her safe and secure life with her father, a world-renowned conductor. Carefully walking the balance between anticipation and fear, Louise meditates upon the chaos of her mother's life, a life of decadence, drugs, and irresponsibility. Coming face-to-face with the powerful love she feels for her mother, Louise wryly acknowledges the complexity of a relationship filled with countless letdowns and unwavering devotion. Written with a wisdom that transcends age and the wit and savvy of a true survivor, The Rendezvous is a poignant examination of the transition to young adulthood and the often startling awareness of a parent's fallibility.

The Rendezvous: A Novel

Literature & Fiction

Lévy, Justine

Contemporary

Scribner

About the Author\nJustine Lévy est l’auteure, entre autres, de Rien de grave (2004), de Mauvaise fille (2009) chez Stock, et de Histoires de famille (Flammarion, 2019).\nUn journal imaginaire de la mère d’Antonin Artaud. Sa vie, qu’elle consacre à essayer de sauver son fils, à comprendre son génie et sa folie. Son courage pour essayer de le sortir des différents hôpitaux psychiatriques où il est envoyé et enfermé ; des électrochocs et des drogues qui, pense-t-elle, l’abîment toujours un peu plus.

Son fils

Literary

Stock

La Gaieté

Le rendez-vous

Genre Fiction

PLON

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