The Birthday Party - Laurent Mauvignier with parallel translations

with parallel translations

or loses its bearings

from cells of rabbits and dolphins

postpone change and - finally - risks losing the love of his life

Hoping to be full of manly calm

The Birthday Party - Laurent Mauvignier with parallel translationsBuried deep in rural France, little remains of the isolated hamlet of the Three Lone Girls, save a few houses and a curiously assembled quartet: Patrice Bergogne, inheritor of his familys farm; his wife, Marion; their daughter, Ida; and their neighbour, Christine, an artist. While Patrice plans a surprise for his wifes fortieth birthday, inexplicable events start to disrupt the hamlets quiet existence: anonymous, menacing letters, an unfamiliar car