Thief of beauty

Author: Bruckner
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Publish Date: 2000-08-01
Features: This book is a moral novel, a story where everything is meant to bring joy. People often lament that French novels are too narrow in scope and lack imagination. Bruckner offers us a rare but extremely powerful rebuttal in this book. Moreover, from a literary perspective, this novel is very beautiful and utterly captivating. The book tells the story of a young couple who get lost in a blizzard in the Jura Mountains, where France and Switzerland meet, and are taken in by a mysterious couple, leading to a series of eerie and unsettling events. The plot is intricate, the clues complex, filled with suspense, and the language is vivid and humorous, as well as philosophical. The book was awarded the French Académie Goncourt Literary Prize.