The anomaly / Hervé Le Tellier ; translated from the French by Adriana Hunter.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Le Tellier, Hervé, 1957- author.

Contributor:

Hunter, Adriana, translator.

Standardized Title:

Anomalie. English

Language:

English

French

Subjects (All):

Transatlantic flights--Fiction.

Transatlantic flights.

Doppelgängers--Fiction.

Doppelgängers.

Plurality of worlds--Fiction.

Plurality of worlds.

Computer simulation--Fiction.

Computer simulation.

Genre:

Science fiction.

Novels.

Fiction.

Physical Description:

391 pages ; 21 cm

Place of Publication:

New York : Other Press, [2021]

Language Note:

In English. Translated from the French.

Summary:

"Winner of the Prix Goncourt, this dizzying literary page-turner ingeniously blends crime, fantasy, sci-fi, and thriller as it plumbs the mysteries surrounding a Paris-New York flight. In June 2021, a senseless event upends the lives of hundreds of men and women, all passengers on a flight from Paris to New York. Among them: Blake, a respectable family man, though he works as a contract killer; Slimboy, a Nigerian pop star tired of living a lie; Joanna, a formidable lawyer whose flaws have caught up with her; and Victor Miesel, a critically acclaimed yet commercially unsuccessful writer who suddenly becomes a cult hit. All of them believed they had double lives. None imagined just how true that was. A virtuoso novel where logic confronts magic, The Anomaly explores the part of ourselves that eludes us. This witty variation on the doppelgänger theme, which takes us on a journey from Lagos and Mumbai to the White House, proves to be Hervé Le Tellier's most ambitious work yet"-- Provided by publisher.

Notes:

"Originally published in French as L'Anomalie in 2020 by Editions Gallimard, Paris"--Title page verso.

Local Notes:

Athenaeum copy: Gift of Joan Detz.

Other Format:

Online version: Le Tellier, Hervé, 1957- Anomaly

ISBN:

9781635421699

1635421691

OCLC:

1240413381