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The Birthday Party by Laurent Mauvignier; Daniel Levin Becker (translation) is a work of fiction available to read on EtoBox.

What is The Birthday Party about?

Told in rhythmic, propulsive prose that weaves seamlessly from one consciousness to the next over the course of a day, a painter contends with the ghosts of the French countryside in a psychological literary thriller, written by a major contemporary French writer."If I start by calling Laurent Mauvignier’s The Birthday Party a psychological thriller... It means a nail-biter plot, but also a focus on characters’ interior worlds so detailed that at times I forgot there was a plot at all..." - Martin Riker, NY Times Book ReviewBuried deep in rural France, little remains of the isolated hamlet of the Three Lone Girls, save a few houses & a curiously assembled quartet: Patrice Bergogne, inheritor of his family’s farm; his wife, Marion; their daughter, Ida; & their neighbour, Christine, an artist. While Patrice plans a surprise for his wife’s 40th birthday, inexplicable events start to disrupt the hamlet’s quiet existence: anonymous, menacing letters, & an unfamiliar car rolling up the driveway. & as night falls, strangers stalk the houses, unleashing a nightmarish chain of events. "The writing is formidable. The slow rhythm of the sentences creates tension as much as the situation it

Who reads The Birthday Party?

Author

Laurent Mauvignier; Daniel Levin Becker (translation)

Publisher

Fitzcarraldo Editions

Published

2023

Language

EN

ISBN

9781945492655

Category

work of fiction

Subjects

Fiction, Mystery, Romance

Rating

3.48 / 5 (30 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-13