Waiting for Bojangles : a novel
Bourdeaut, Olivier, 1980-2019
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A young boy lives with his madcap parents, Louise and George, and an exotic bird in a Parisian apartment, where the unopened mail rises in a tower by the door, the bird acts like a member of the family, and his parents dance to Nina Simone's mellifluous classic 'Mister Bojangles.' As his mother, mesmerising and unpredictable, descends deeper into mental illness, it is up to the boy and his father to keep her safe and, when that fails, happy. Fleeing Paris for a country home in Spain, they come to understand that some of the most radiant people bear the heaviest burdens. Told from the perspective of a young boy who idolises his parents and from George's journals, detailing the epic love story with his wife, this charming, heartbreaking gem of a novel will stay with you long after the final page. As we read, their love story becomes ours.
Main title:
Waiting for Bojangles : a novel / Olivier Bourdeaut ; translated by Regan Kramer.
Author:
Bourdeaut, Olivier, 1980-, authorKramer, Regan, translator
Imprint:
New York : Simon & Schuster, 2019.
Collation:
176 pages ; 22 cm
Notes:
Translated from the French.
ISBN:
9781501145919 (hbk. :)
Dewey class:
843.92
Language:
EnglishFrench
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BRN:
1888307