As if the reader were riding shotgun, this intensely vivid novel captures a life on the lam. "L'astragale" is the French word for the ankle bone Albertine Sarrazin's heroine Anne breaks as she leaps from her jail cell to freedom. As she drags herself down the road, away from the prison walls, she is[...]
Tells the story of Anne, a young woman who breaks her ankle in a daring escape from prison. She makes it to a highway where she's picked up by a motorcyclist, Julien, who's also on the run. As they travel through nights and days together, they fall in love and must do whatever they can to survive, l[...]
?Himlen hade höjt sig minst tio meter. Jag blev sittande, hade ingen brådska. Smällen måste ha krossat stenarna, min högerhand trevade över nedrasad sten. Medan jag andades dämpade tystnaden stjärnorna som sprängdes och stjärnskotten som fortfarande smattrade i huvudet.?Anne hoppar från e[...]