Nous Vieillirons Ensemble

Rights sold to: Germany (Rowohlt), Italy (Frassinelli), South Korea (Munhakdongne).The English and Dutch language rights are handled by the agency Global Literary Management. For these two languages, please contact Marc Serges: [email protected], October 1st. A day like any other at Les Bégonias, an old people's home in the outskirts of Paris. It is 9:15 am. Nina the old eccentric lady waits for her little girl Camille to come and visit her, while Josy, the fortune-telling life assistant, watches over her with a compassionate and kind eye. Louise Alma is for ever going back over 92 years of memories. Jocelyne Barbier, of the administrational services, and Marthe Buissonette, the minister's wife, take up their daily quarrel. Robert Leboeuf throws a look full of hope at Thérèse Leduc. Captain Dreyfus is preparing his big escape. Christiane, the day-time nurse, tries to get rid of a lover who has become too cumbersome. Philippe Drouin, the director, philatelist in his spare time, dreams of buying a unique piece. Alphonse Destroismaisons, the old sweetheart, struggles desperately against his wife's Alzheimer... And the family members of the residents, whether they like it or not, fulfill their dominical duty. Life flows by gently, between joy and suffering, friendship and loneliness, love and boredom, illness and envy. Fascinated by the oulipian movement, the author has chosen to follow the structure of La vie mode d'emploi. By organizing the life of her characters around the founding principles of George Perec's novel, Camille de Peretti takes on a new literary challenge and, with her usual acuteness, proposes us an unusual immersion into the universe of old people's homes.Camille de Peretti is twenty-seven years old. She is the author of the critically acclaimed Thornytorinx (Belfond, 2005; awarded the Prix du premier roman de Chambéry) and Nous sommes cruels (Stock, 2006).Les droits de langues anglaise et néerlandaise sont gérés par l'agence Global Literary Management. Pour ces deux langues, merci de contacter Marc Serges: [email protected].