Artifice
Berest, Claire2024
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Abel Bac, a police officer, has been suspended for unknown reasons. Haunted by a recurring nightmare, he walks the streets of Paris hoping to lose himself in the city, but always finds his way home. He retreats from the extroversion of his new neighbour Elsa, and his former colleague Camille who is pained by her love for him. All that gives Abel comfort are the 94 orchids which populate his small apartment. In museums across Paris something strange is happening. A white horse appears in the library of the Pompidou Centre. In a small museum, stuffed wolves are displayed in fine garments drinking tea. The police are baffled and Abel is becoming more and more unnerved. Soon, the hidden darkness of his life will rise to the surface and lead him to Mila, the mysterious artist at the heart of this enigma. And it is not long before we discover that nothing about these events is coincidental.
Main title:
Artifice / Claire Berest.
Author:
Berest, Claire, authorLewis, Sophie, translator
Imprint:
London : Mountain Leopard Press, 2024.
Collation:
352 pages ; 24 cm
Notes:
Translated from the French.
ISBN:
9781914495922 (hbk)
Dewey class:
843.92
LC class:
PQ2702.E726
Local class:
FT
Language:
EnglishFrench
BRN:
3924430