Intersection (novel)

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Intersection
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Author Paul Guimard
Original titleLes Choses de la vie
Translator Shaun Whiteside
CountryFrance
LanguageFrench
Publisher Éditions Denoël
Publication date
1967
Published in English
1994
Pages167

Intersection is a 1967 novel by the French writer Paul Guimard. Its French title is Les Choses de la vie, which means "the things of life". It tells the story of a lawyer who has a serious car accident and lies in bed at a hospital, where he is unable to communicate but hears the people around him, as he remembers his life up until the accident. The book was published in English in 1994, translated by Shaun Whiteside. [1] It received the Prix des libraires in 1968. [2]

Adaptations

The novel was the basis for Claude Sautet's 1970 film The Things of Life , starring Romy Schneider and Michel Piccoli. Sautet's film was remade in the United States as Intersection , released in 1994. [3]

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References

  1. Intersection. OCLC   30438937 . Retrieved 2015-04-24 via WorldCat.
  2. "Liste des lauréats du Prix des Libraires". prix-des-libraires.fr (in French). Fédération Française des Syndicats de Libraires. Retrieved 2015-04-24.
  3. "Intersection". AFI Catalog of Feature Films . American Film Institute . Retrieved 2015-04-24.