A penetrating, sometimes funny, enraged look at pain in the limelight, where a glamorous, privileged world offers no protection for shattered heroine Louise.
Reviews
A sensation in France last year, this novel from Levy manages the impossible, combining the plot of a made-for-TV-movie with language worthy of a feminist philosopher-poet.... this beautifully written novel deserves attention.... Levy's prose is luminous and the novel is a marvel of construction." --Kirkus Reviews, "Starred Review