Maylis de Kerangal is the author of several novels in French, including Je marche sous un ciel de traîne, La vie voyageuse, Corniche Kennedy, and Naissance d'un pont (published in English as Birth of a Bridge and winner of the Prix Franz Hessel and the Prix Médicis in 2010). She has also published a collection of short stories, Ni fleurs ni couronnes, and a novella, Tangente vers l'est. In 2014, her novel Réparer les vivants (The Heart) won the Grand Prix RTL-Lire and the Student Choice Novel of the Year from France Culture and Télérama. She lives in Paris.
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One of BBC Culture's Ten Books to Read this March and The Rumpus Book Club Pick for March Maylis de Kerangal follows up her acclaimed novel The Heart with a dissection of the world of a young Parisian chef More like a poetic biographical essay on a ... SEE MORE