by Maylis de Kerangal · Folio · libro de bolsillo · ISBN 9782070416998
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«Corniche Kennedy» is the novel by Maylis de Kerangal, published by Folio in paperback (192 pages, in French).
During a summer in Marseille, a group of teenagers defies danger by diving into the water from the Kennedy cornice while a police superintendent watches them through his binoculars. The novel portrays the energy and dizziness of youth, the tension between the law and the attraction to the forbidden, and the social contrasts of the city.
Work originally published in 2008; this French edition from the Folio collection dates from 2010. The novel was awarded the Murat Prize.
For readers of contemporary literary fiction interested in stories about adolescence, Marseille and generational conflicts.
Maylis de Kerangal is a French author. Her novels deeply explore people in their work lives. She has won many awards for her work, and her novels have been published in several languages. Two have been adapted as films.
