Marc Levy had taken us completely elsewhere with his trilogy 9 which plunged us into the world of computer hackers and international espionage, three breathtaking novels which questioned the state of health of our democracies.
He obviously needed to catch his breath after this immersion in a rather dark universe. Back to what he knows best, therefore, the romance novel. The story of an encounter, on a cruise ship, between a grieving woman and a young man who dreams of becoming a musician. They are both fragile, but their meeting – and their relationship that defies convention – will bring them back to life.
Marc Levy assures that writing this novel did him a world of good. Let’s bet that this novel, which celebrates the freedom to love whoever you want without giving a damn about what others think of it, will surely touch the hearts of its faithful readership, which has been following it for more than 20 years. When is the movie?
Turn everything off and life lights up
Marc Levy
Robert Laffont/Versilio
212 pages