Artificial Snow

Artificial Snow by Florian Zeller

Artificial Snow is the debut novel from Florian Zeller, the precociously talented French writer and playwright an urbane, witty and heavily autobiographical portrait of the lives of twenty-somethings in Paris, describing their insecurities, their preoccupations and their egotism.

A piece of sharp, often unsettling, autofiction, dissecting life, loneliness and the Parisian dinner party, Artifical Snowis also a twisted love story, centred on a woman with whom the narrator has had a brief relationship and is now obsessed.

'One of the hottest literary talents in France'
— Chris Schuler, The Independent

'An intellectual prodigy.'
— Observer

'A precocious literary success ... paying homage to the author's first literary hero, Milan Kundera.'
— New Statesman

Florian Zeller (born in 1979) is a critically acclaimed French novelist and playwright, the recipient of numerous literary awards, a university lecturer at the prestigious Sciences-Po in Paris, and a journalist for Paris Match, Vogueand Vol de Nuit. For his first novel Artificial Snow he received the Hachette Foundation Literary Prize, the Writing Talent Award from the Jean-Luc Lagardère Foundation and the New Writer Award from the Prince Pierre of Monaco Foundation.His third novel The Fascination of Evil, received the Prix Interallie, and he has been awarded the Prix Jeune Theatre de l'Academie Francaise for his plays. He lives in Paris with his wife, the model, actress and sculptor Marine Delterme. His novels Artificial Snow (Neiges Artificielles), Lovers or Something Like It (Les amants du n importe quoi), Julien Parme and The Fascination of Evil (La fascination du pire) are all available from Pushkin Press.

One of the hottest literary talents in France -- Chris Schuler The Independent An intellectual prodigy Observer A precocious literary success.. paying homage to the author's first literary hero, Milan Kundera New Statesman

Florian Zeller (born in 1979) is a critically acclaimed French novelist and playwright, the recipient of numerous literary awards, a university lecturer at the prestigious Sciences-Po in Paris, and a journalist for Paris Match, Vogueand Vol de Nuit. For his first novel Artificial Snow he received the Hachette Foundation Literary Prize, the Writing Talent Award from the Jean-Luc Lagardère Foundation and the New Writer Award from the Prince Pierre of Monaco Foundation.His third novel The Fascination of Evil, received the Prix Interallie, and he has been awarded the Prix Jeune Theatre de l'Academie Francaise for his plays. He lives in Paris with his wife, the model, actress and sculptor Marine Delterme. His novels Artificial Snow (Neiges Artificielles), Lovers or Something Like It (Les amants du n importe quoi), Julien Parme and The Fascination of Evil (La fascination du pire) are all available from Pushkin Press.

SKU	Unavailable
ISBN 13	9781901285840
ISBN 10	1901285847
Title	Artificial Snow
Author	Florian Zeller
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Pushkin Press
Year published	2008-11-30
Number of pages	120
Cover note	Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.