Monsieur Linh and His Child by Philippe Claudel (Book Analysis): Detailed Summary, Analysis and Reading Guide
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This engaging summary presents an analysis of Monsieur Linh and His Child by Philippe Claudel, a novella which follows Monsieur Linh in the weeks following his arrival in a foreign city as a refugee. He has no one left in the world except his beloved newborn granddaughter, Sang Diû, until he meets Monsieur Bark and forms an unexpected friendship with him, despite their lack of a common language. However, this profoundly moving story has a startling final twist. Philippe Claudel is the author of more than twenty books, and also works as a film director and as a senior lecturer at the University of Nancy.
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French writer and director
Born in Dombasle-sur-Meurthe (France) in 1962.
Notable works:
Grey Souls (2003), novella
Brodeck’s Report (2007), novel
I’ve Loved You So Long (2008), film
Philippe Claudel is a French writer and director who was born in 1962. He is a senior lecturer at the University of Nancy and a professor at the European Audiovisual and Cinema Institute. He has also taught in prisons and in classes for disabled individuals. He has written more than twenty books, which have been translated into dozens of languages and won various awards, including Grey Souls (2003), Monsieur Linh and His Child (2005), and Brodeck’s Report (2007). He made his directorial debut with I’ve Loved You So Long in 2008. The theme of war and its consequences can be found in many of his works.
Hope found through friendship
Genre: novella
Reference edition: Claudel, P. (2011) Monsieur Linh and His Child. Trans. Cameron, E. London: MacLehose Press.
1st edition: 2005
Themes: solitude, memory, friendship, hope, old age, exile, death
Monsieur Linh and His Child is a novella which was first translated into English in 2011, and which won the Euregio Prize. It tells the story of the friendship that blooms