by Carole Fives · Gallimard · tapa blanda · ISBN 9782072703249
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«Une femme au téléphone» is a novel by Carole Fives, published by Gallimard in paperback (112 pages, in French).
Charlène is around sixty and, when emptiness overwhelms her, she resorts to constant calls to her daughter. The novel portrays a close but suffocating mother, whose words always reach a vulnerable spot, and reflects on loneliness, emotional dependence and the ambivalence of family ties.
Published on 12 January 2017, the work appeared under Gallimard's L'Arbalète imprint and has 112 pages.
For readers of contemporary French fiction interested in the mother-daughter relationship from an uncomfortable and close perspective.
