| Book Number |
DBG11542
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| Title |
La petite fille qui aimait trop les allumettes
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| Names |
Soucy, Gaétan.
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| Medium |
Digital Book
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| Language |
French
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| Annotation |
Summary: Alone with their authoritarian father on a vast estate where time has stopped, two siblings speak a language and inhabit a surreal universe of their own making, shaped by their reading of philosophy and tales of chivalry. When their father dies and the children set out to bury him, they encounter the inhabitants of the neighboring village, and the pair's cloak of romance and superstition falls away to reveal the appalling truth of their existence. A brilliant, masterful story in which nothing is as it first seems, "The Little Girl Who Was Too Fond of Matches" is a triumph of suspense, linguistic invention, and playfulness that peers into the heart of guilt, cruelty, and violence. Unrated. French language. Marrakesh title.
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Résumé: Deux enfants pris au dépourvu par la mort de leur père se demandent ce qu'ils peuvent faire de son cadavre et de la vie qui leur reste à vivre hors de son autorité. Étrange roman où à travers une langue somptueuse et travaillée s'édifie un univers mystérieux. Combat des livres 2004. 1998. Unrated. French language. Marrakesh title.
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| Length |
1 online resource (audio (3 hours, 59 minutes)) Digital talking book.
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| LC Subject |
Thrillers (Fiction)
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Fathers - Death - Fiction
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Siblings - Fiction
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Psychological fiction
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Thrillers (Fiction)
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Psychological fiction
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| Audience Notes |
Female narrator. NLS/BPH
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Unrated. Commercial Audio NLS/BPH
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| Local Subject |
Fiction - FI
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International Language - FL
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Titles in French - F-FRE
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| Narrator |
Arsenault, Madeleine.
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| Title Status |
Active
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| Download Link |
Downloadable talking book.
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