An Evening at the Club tells the story of a love triangle through the virtuoso style of the widely celebrated French novelist Christian Gailly. This novel has become a cause célèbre throughout Europe. A number one bestseller in France, it won the coveted 2002 Prix Livre Inter and has already been translated into Russian, Italian, and German. Other Press is proud to bring out the English translation of Gailly's most highly acclaimed work.
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Text: English (translation)
Original Language: French
Original Language: French
About the Author
Christian Gailly was born in 1943 in Belleville, France, close to Paris. Prior to becoming a writer, he was a jazz saxophonist and then a psychoanalyst. Since 1987, he has published eleven novels.
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An exquisite little gem,
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In about 48 hours of narrative time and 133 pages of readers' time, Gailly moves a late middle-aged man from ten years of conscientious care for heating and cooling systems, subriety and marital fidelity into the life he left behind (jazz performer, alcoholic)with a new love and a new relationship to himself as a performer. The transformation is narrated by his friend, a painter from a perspective some time after the event. Gailly hits precisely the right notes to make the story believable, to show the psychological states of the characters that make the transformation happen. In short, this novel is a mesmerizing treasure.
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