by Jean-Jacques Schuhl · Gallimard · tapa blanda · ISBN 9782070759484
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«Ingrid Caven» is the novel by Jean-Jacques Schuhl, published by Gallimard in paperback (301 pages, in French).
Ingrid Caven, singer and film actress, is the central character of this novel, which begins on Christmas Eve 1943, when at age four she sings before Hitler's soldiers, and traces her maturity in the world of entertainment. With black humour, it mixes fiction, memory and documents, and its pages feature Yves Saint Laurent and Rainer Werner Fassbinder.
The novel won the Prix Goncourt in 2000 and is part of Gallimard's L'Infini collection.
For readers of French literature and for those interested in the figure of Ingrid Caven and the circle of Rainer Werner Fassbinder.
