112 pages
Completed 3/9/11
This super short book focuses on Antoine, a thirty-something divorcee who decides to move into a retirement home. At eighteen, he buys his own cemetery plot, and spends the subsequent years engraving his epitaph plaque. Odd, yes. A great story, definitely.
I found out about this book through a magazine article featuring the best international short books. I don't know what led me to believe it, but I was sure this was a memoir. But there it is, right on the cover; a novel. I have to admit, I was disappointed when I realized this halfway through. Somehow, thinking it was a true story had made it more enjoyable.
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