Vendor
	Liepman Literary Agency Marc Koralnik
Original language
French

ON MEURT TOUS D'AVOIR VÉCU. We All Die of Having Lived

Karine Vilder

Nothing is plausible in this totally insane story. But, at the same time, almost everything is true.

New York, 2009. Although Michael Jackson has just died, Iraq is under attack, and deadly typhoons are hitting South-East Asia, journalist Louky Crapo has never felt so alive: after having spent nearly 20 years writing death notices for a news agency, he has finally landed his dream job in the Obituary section.
The work will quickly lead him into a fast-paced danse macabre, with him alone as choreographer. For, overnight, Louky discovers in himself a strange gift: by writing obituaries ahead of time, he can hasten almost anyone's death. A gift that will completely change his life as well as those of several people around him.

Karine Vilder has been editor-in-chief of several popular magazines. Since 2011, she has been a literary columnist (foreign fiction) for Le Journal de Montréal. We All Die of Having Lived is her first novel.

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Book Published 2022-01-01 by Stanké

Comments

The author of this first novel has a sharp pen. A devastating sense of (dark) humour and flawless erudition. [ ] The perfect read for these sombre times.

A dazzling outburst of humour and knowledge! An entertaining and exhilarating spectacle.

You feel it from the very first words: in spite of its theme, Karine Vilder's novel cannot be read with a long face. The author's pen has been dipped in the black ink of humour.