Reeling

Reeling
Lola Lafon, Hildegarde Serle
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Trade Paperback
h210 x 155mm - 192pg
10 Feb 2022 UK
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9781787703582
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13-year-old Chloe lives a drab existence with her parents in a suburb of Paris. Her life changes when she is offered the chance to obtain a scholarship - issued by a mysterious Foundation - to realise her dream and become a modern jazz dancer. But there is more to the Foundation and their suave representative than meets the eye. Soon Chloe finds a trap has closed in on her, and she' s fallen prey to a sinister system in which she' ll eventually become complicit. Over 30 years later, a cache of images surfaces on the internet and exposes the Foundation' s exploitative, hidden purposes. The police put out a call for witnesses, and Chloe, now with a successful career as a dancer behind her, comes to realise the past has come back to haunt her. As her sense of self diffracts into multiple, contrasting images, there' s no way out but to confront her double burden as victim and predator.
"The deep relevance and the nuanced portrayal of the myriad effects of abuse on their lives are skilfully done. . . . Layered and disquieting. " * Kirkus Reviews * "A harrowing, painful story, draped in beautifully melancholy writing. " * Les Echos Week-End * "A beautiful, intense novel. " * Madame Figaro * "A fiercely feminist novel. . . compulsively readable too. " * The New Yorker on The Little Communist that Never Smiled * "A thought-provoking, surprisingly touching story about a little girl who shook up the world. " * The Big Issue on The Little Communist that Never Smiled *
A writer and a musician, Lola Lafon' s formative years were spent between Sofia, Bucharest, and Paris during the time of the cold war. Her six novels are characterized by their formal inventiveness. Her acclaimed novel Reeling, first published in France in 2020 by Actes Sud, is a fractured portrait of a young dancer, Cleo, whose life precipitates into silence following a chilling event. Lafon also serves as her characters' spokeswoman, performing spoken word and musical shows. Since graduating in French from Oxford University, Hildegarde Serle has worked in London as a newspaper subeditor, mainly on The Independent and The Sunday Telegraph.
Status: Active
ISBN-13: 9781787703582
Published: 10 Feb 2022
Published In: United Kingdom
Imprint: Europa Editions (UK)
Publisher: Europa Editions (UK) Ltd
Format: Trade Paperback
Height: 210mm
Width: 155mm
Pages: 192

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