David Foenkinos (Author of La d茅licatesse)

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David Foenkinos

Born

in Paris, France

October 28, 1974

Genre

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David Foenkinos is a French novelist, playwright, screenwriter and director who studied both literature and music in Paris.

His novel La d茅licatesse is a bestseller in France. A film based on the book was released in December 2011, with Audrey Tautou as the main character. His novels have appeared in over forty languages, and in 2014 he was awarded the Prix Renaudot for his novel Charlotte.

Growing up in a home with few books and often absent parents, David Foenkinos read and wrote little during his childhood. At 16, he required emergency surgery as a result of a rare pleural infection and spent several months recuperating in hospital, where he began to devour books, learning to paint and play the guitar. From this experience, he says, he kep ...more

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	La d茅licatesse 3.81 avg rating — 23,158 ratings — published 2009 — 125 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Charlotte 4.33 avg rating — 14,269 ratings — published 2014 — 71 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Vers la beaut茅 4.17 avg rating — 14,657 ratings — published 2018 — 30 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Num茅ro deux 3.88 avg rating — 13,099 ratings — published 2022 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Le Myst猫re Henri Pick 3.64 avg rating — 11,362 ratings — published 2016 — 56 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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	Je vais mieux 3.59 avg rating — 3,719 ratings — published 2013 — 25 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	La famille Martin 3.63 avg rating — 3,680 ratings — published 2020 — 32 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Les Souvenirs 3.75 avg rating — 3,256 ratings — published 2011 — 41 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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蚂苇谓慰谓 (3 books)
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“But you need to have lived years in nothingness to understand how a person can suddenly become frightened by a possibility.”
― David Foenkinos, Delicacy

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“We may finally ask ourselves whether coincidence really does exist. Maybe everybody we run into is walking around near us with the undying hope of meeting us? To think of it, it's a fact that they often seem out of breath.”
― David Foenkinos, Delicacy

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“Dictionaries stop where the heart starts.”
― David Foenkinos, Delicacy

tags: depth, feeling, understanding, words

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