by Lydie Violet, Marie Desplechin · MAEVA EDICIONES · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788496231818
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«Salvar la vida» is the autobiographical account by Lydie Violet and Marie Desplechin, published by Maeva Ediciones in paperback (192 pages, in Spanish).
At forty, with a career in publishing, Lydie Violet receives a diagnosis of incurable cancer that gives her eight years to live. Her routine does not change, but those around her start treating her differently and she feels excluded. Against all odds, that limited horizon frees her from social conventions and awakens in her an immense desire to live.
Originally published as «La Vie Sauve», it received the Prix Médicis for essay in 2005.
For readers of biographies and true stories who want to approach a testimony about illness, death and freedom.
Marie Desplechin is a French writer. She studied literature and journalism before becoming a writer. She is the author of several children's novels and Taking it to Heart, a collection of short stories. Sans Moi, her first novel, has been a great success in France, where it has sold over 120,000 copies. She won the Prix Médicis in 2005 for her book, La Vie sauve.
