Someone I Loved Je l aimais Anna Gavalda has been hailed as an author graced with the Gallic virtues of dry wit and almost involuntary elegance Vogue Now the prize winning author of I Wish Someone Were Waiting for Me Somewhere
Anna Gavalda has been hailed as an author graced with the Gallic virtues of dry wit and almost involuntary elegance Vogue Now, the prize winning author of I Wish Someone Were Waiting for Me Somewhere returns with a novel of an abandoned wife, and the profound relationship that unfolds between her and her father in law.
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Anna Gavalda is a French teacher and award winning novelist.Referred to by Voici magazine as a distant descendant of Dorothy Parker , Anna Gavalda was born in an upper class suburb of Paris While working as French teacher in high school, a collection of her short stories was first published in 1999 under the title Je voudrais que quelqu un m attende quelque part that met with both critical acclaim and commercial success, selling than three quarters of a million copies in her native France and winning the 2000 Grand Prix RTL Lire The book was translated into numerous languages including in English and sold in twenty seven countries It was published to acclaim in North America in 2003 as I Wish Someone Were Waiting for Me Somewhere The book received much praise and is a library and school selection worldwide in several languages.Gavalda s first novel, Je l aimais Someone I Loved was published in France in February 2002 and later that year in English Inspired by the failure of her own marriage, it too was a major literary success and a bestseller and was followed by the short 96 pages juvenile novel 35 kilos d espoir 95 Pounds of Hope that she said she wrote to pay tribute to those of my students who were dunces in school but otherwise fantastic people.In 2004, her third novel, Ensemble c est tout, focused on the lives of four people living in an apartment house a struggling young artist who works as an office cleaner at night, a young aristocrat misfit, a cook, and an elderly grandmother The 600 page book is a bestseller in France and has been translated into English as Hunting and Gathering.As of 2007, her three books have sold than 3 million copies in France Ensemble c est tout was made into a successful movie in 2007 by Claude Berri, with Audrey Tautou and Guillaume Canet The adaptation of her first novel, Je l aimais, with Daniel Auteuil and Marie Jos e Croze, was filmed in 2009 by Zabou Breitman.Divorced, and the mother of two, Gavalda lives in the city of Melun, Seine et Marne, about 50 km southeast of Paris In addition to writing novels, she also contributes to Elle magazine.