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Indlæser... Vaggvisa (udgave 2018)af Leïla Slimani, Maria Björkman
Work InformationThe Perfect Nanny af Leïla Slimani
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I read it in a short time and was intrigued for most of it, but at the end I was left wondering what, and why, and feeling like I had missed something key here... ( ) Wow. Gripping story, really well told. Deep character analysis. I tumbled headlong into the book and read it nearly in one go. The author won the Goncourt Prize here in France for this novel in 2016. Now I need to go read everything else she's written, though this may be the first one to be translated into English (in France, it's known as The Lullaby, in the English version). In which case, my French will certainly get a workout!
One can see why the judges were wowed. The voice of Slimani's omniscient narrator is chill and precise; her plot spares neither her characters' fates nor her readers' sensibilities. HæderspriserDistinctionsNotable Lists
"When Myriam, a French-Moroccan lawyer, decides to return to work after having children, she and her husband look for the perfect nanny for their two young children. They never dreamed they would find Louise: a quiet, polite, devoted woman who sings to the children, cleans the family's chic apartment in Paris's upscale tenth arrondissement, stays late without complaint, and hosts enviable kiddie parties. But as the couple and the nanny become more dependent on one another, jealousy, resentment, and suspicions mount, shattering the idyllic tableau. Building tension with every page, The Perfect Nanny is a compulsive, riveting, bravely observed exploration of power, class, race, domesticity, and motherhood--and the American debut of an immensely talented writer"-- No library descriptions found. |
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