A Life Without End (French: Une vie sans fin) is a 2018 novel by the French writer Frédéric Beigbeder.
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| Author | Frédéric Beigbeder |
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| Original title | Une vie sans fin |
| Translator | Frank Wynne |
| Language | French |
| Publisher | Éditions Grasset |
Publication date | 3 January 2018 |
| Publication place | France |
Published in English | 14 April 2020 |
| Pages | 360 |
| ISBN | 9782246812616 |
Plot
editFrédéric, a famous media personality, turns 50 and wants to live forever. He brings his 10-year-old daughter and a Japanese robot—Pepper—to meet international experts on human life extension.[1]
Reception
editKirkus Reviews wrote that the book has "a breezy style", full of wit, sarcasm and gallows humour, and "an endearing, genre-bending wackiness".[2]
The book was awarded the 2018 prix Rive Gauche à Paris.[3]
References
edit- ^ Montety, Etienne de (18 January 2018). "Une vie sans fin, de Frédéric Beigbeder : Faust et usage de Faust". Le Figaro (in French). Retrieved 11 October 2023.
- ^ "A Life Without End". Kirkus Reviews. 15 February 2020. Retrieved 11 October 2023.
- ^ Mazin, Cécile (2 July 2018). "Frédéric Beigbeder, prix Rive gauche à Paris 2018". ActuaLitté (in French). Retrieved 11 October 2023.
Further reading
edit- "A Life Without End — a motormouth TV star's quest for immortality". Financial Times. 24 April 2020. Retrieved 11 October 2023.