very soon 27 june 2017.... new novel.... THE PORTRAIT

THE PORTRAIT


A collector unearths the find of a lifetime: an eighteenth-century portrait of a man uncannily like him. While wandering through a Paris auction house, avid collector Pierre-Francois Chaumont is stunned to discover the eighteenth-century portrait of an unknown man who looks just like him.
Much to his delight, Chaumont's bid for the work is successful, but back at home his jaded wife and circle of friends are unable to see the resemblance. Chaumont remains convinced of it, and as he researches into the painting's history, he is presented with the opportunity to abandon his tedious existence and walk into a brand new life...

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Rhapsodie Française en Poche

Rhapsodie française en J'ai Lu

Un entrepreneur du Net soudainement populaire au point que les Français voudraient en faire leur prochain président, un artiste contemporain dont la dernière oeuvre - un cerveau géant de vingt-cinq mètres de haut - vient d'être installée dans les jardins des Tuileries, le leader mégalomane d'un groupuscule d'extrême droite, une starlette de films X venue du fin fond de la Russie, un antiquaire décédé dans des circonstances bien particulières, un médecin généraliste en quête d'une cassette contenant les chansons du groupe de pop dont il faisait partie dans les années 80. Leur point commun ? Une lettre qui aurait pu donner un tout autre cours à leur vie, et qui vient d'arriver à son destinataire avec... trente-trois ans de retard. Dans ce conte moderne, Antoine Laurain entrecroise avec malice les destins de personnages hauts en couleurs et compose un étonnant portrait de la France d'aujourd'hui.

in 3 months... "The portrait"

A new Novel translated in English: The portrait.

The story of a painting and the man who bought it in an auction.

more very soon...

Rapsodia Francese ( Einaudi ) buongiorno Italia !

ciao a tutti i miei lettori italiani!

questo libro è molto presente, è molto nostalgico, molto politico, insomma, è come se il nostro tempo!

Il medico cinquantenne Alain, che da giovanissimo suonava in una band musicale a Parigi, riceve dopo trentatre anni una lettera di ingaggio di una casa discografica, rimasta nascosta dietro all'armadio di un ufficio postale....

Enjoy The French Rhapsody, The president's Hat, The red Notebook...

... While i'm writing a new one.....

Joyeux Noël et belles vacances à toutes et tous

For the fans of "The red notebook"...

Hello everybody,

for the fans of "The red notebook" Gallic Books made a special hardcover collector edition !

you can find it at BELGRAVIA BOOKS : 59 Ebury St, Victoria, London SW1W 0NZ, UK

Phone: +44 20 7259 9336

mail: info@gallicbooks.com

 

or order it on the net with this link :

 

 http://belgraviabooks.com/product/the-red-notebook-special-edition?i=1

 

I take this opportunity to wish you a merry Christmas while I begin the writing of a new novel...

 

all the best from Antoine,

 

Antoine Laurain