by Jean-Paul Dubois · ISBN 9782757800119
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Maria est morte is a novel by French author Jean-Paul Dubois, published in 2006. The story tells the life of Paul, a man who works as a concierge in an apartment complex in Toulouse. Paul leads a quiet and solitary life, marked by the absence of his mother, Maria, who died when he was young. As the novel progresses, Paul confronts the memories of his past and the need to find meaning in his existence.
Jean-Paul Dubois is a French journalist and author. He won the Prix Goncourt in 2019 for Tous les hommes n'habitent pas le monde de la même façon, a novel told from the perspective of a prisoner looking back on life. The jury compared Dubois to John Irving and William Boyd, who wrote books that were both popular and critical successes.
