by Patrick Lapeyre · Tapa blanda · ISBN 9782867449864
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«L'homme-sœur» is the novel by Patrick Lapeyre, winner of the Prix du Livre Inter 2004, published by P.O.L. in French.
The novel tells the story of Cooper, a bank employee obsessed with his sister, who lives in the United States. Between waiting and letters, surrounded by women he turns into possible doubles of her, his secret isolates him until he becomes a prisoner of his own waiting. A dramatic story told with light and paradoxical writing about obsession and solitude.
The original edition was published in 2004. The work, written in French, has 279 pages according to the Goodreads record. It was awarded the Prix du Livre Inter in 2004.
Recommended for readers of contemporary French literary fiction who appreciate intimate stories about obsession and impossible desire.
Patrick Lapeyre is a French writer, and winner of the Prix Femina, 2010, for his seventh novel, La vie est brève et le désir sans fin.
