The Collection

Author: Nina Leger; Laura Francis (Translator)

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  • : $23.00 AUD
  • : 9781846276866
  • : Granta Books
  • : Granta Books
  • : August 2019
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  • : Nina Leger; Laura Francis (Translator)
  • : Paperback
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  • : Laura Francis
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Barcode 9781846276866
9781846276866

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WINNER OF THE PRIX ANA�S NIN


Jeanne moves from room to room. In the anonymous hotel bedrooms of Paris - Hotel Agate, Hotel Prince Albert, Hotel Prince Monceau, Hotel Coypel, Hotel Nord & Champagne - she undresses man after man, forgetting faces, names, pleasures, thoughts, and all physical attributes but one. In her head, a palace of memories is being built, image by new image, lover by new lover.


There is no pathologizing Jeanne; she resists it. There is no way to impose a story on Jeanne; she escapes it. There is no pitying Jeanne, no lusting after Jeanne, no uncovering the secret to Jeanne; she won't allow it. Jeanne moves from room to room.