This practical and insightful reading guide offers a complete summary and analysis of Mend the Living by Maylis de Kerangal. It provides a thorough exploration of the novel’s plot, characters and main themes, including death, bereavement and organ donation. The clear and concise style makes for easy understanding, providing the perfect opportunity to improve your literary knowledge in no time. This clear and detailed 60-page reading guide is structured...
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Mend the Living by Maylis de Kerangal (Book Analysis)
Mend the Living by Maylis de Kerangal (Book Analysis)
Detailed Summary, Analysis and Reading Guide
978280800730660EBookPlurilingua PublishingThis practical and insightful reading guide offers a complete summary and analysis of Mend the Living by Maylis de Kerangal. It provides a thorough exploration of the novel’s plot, characters and main themes, including death, bereavement and organ donation. The clear and concise style makes for easy understanding, providing the perfect opportunity to improve your literary knowledge in no time.
This clear and detailed 60-page reading guide is structured as follows:
Biography of Maylis de Kerangal
Presentation of Mend the Living
Summary of Mend the Living
Character study
Simon Limbeau
Marianne Limbeau
Sean
Pierre Revol
Thomas Remige
Marthe Carrare
Virgilio Breva
Claire Méjan
Cordelia Owl
Analysis of Mend the Living
Similarities with the epic
Death in a new light
The symbolic significance of the heart
Chronicle of a transplant
The importance of time
About Mend the Living
Mend the Living follows one man’s heart over a period of 24 hours as his family wrestle with their grief and a team of doctors and surgeons race against the clock to perform a transplant and give an ailing woman a second chance at life. The novel was widely praised for its exploration of the ethical and philosophical issues surrounding organ donation, and for its sensitive depiction of the impact of a sudden death on the victim’s loved ones.
Mend the Living won a number of literary prizes in France, as well as the Wellcome Prize for books that deal with the themes of health and medicine in the UK.
About Maylis de Kerangal
Maylis de Kerangal is a contemporary French novelist. She began her career in publishing, with stints at Éditions Gallimard and as the head of her own publishing house, focused on children’s literature, before dedicating herself to writing full-time. She has published over 15 books to date, which met with an enthusiastic popular and critical reception in her native France. Her best-known works in the UK include her award-winning novels Mend the Living and Birth of a Bridge.This practical and insightful reading guide offers a complete summary and analysis of Mend the Living by Maylis de Kerangal. It provides a thorough exploration of the novel’s plot, characters and main themes, including death, bereavement and organ donation. The clear and concise style makes for easy understanding, providing the perfect opportunity to improve your literary knowledge in no time.
This clear and detailed 60-page reading guide is structured as follows:
Biography of Maylis de Kerangal
Presentation of Mend the Living
Summary of Mend the Living
Character study
Simon Limbeau
Marianne Limbeau
Sean
Pierre Revol
Thomas Remige
Marthe Carrare
Virgilio Breva
Claire Méjan
Cordelia Owl
Analysis of Mend the Living
Similarities with the epic
Death in a new light
The symbolic significance of the heart
Chronicle of a transplant
The importance of time
About Mend the Living
Mend the Living follows one man’s heart over a period of 24 hours as his family wrestle with their grief and a team of doctors and surgeons race against the clock to perform a transplant and give an ailing woman a second chance at life. The novel was widely praised for its exploration of the ethical and philosophical issues surrounding organ donation, and for its sensitive depiction of the impact of a sudden death on the victim’s loved ones.
Mend the Living won a number of literary prizes in France, as well as the Wellcome Prize for books that deal with the themes of health and medicine in the UK.
About Maylis de Kerangal
Maylis de Kerangal is a contemporary French novelist. She began her career in publishing, with stints at Éditions Gallimard and as the head of her own publishing house, focused on children’s literature, before dedicating herself to writing full-time. She has published over 15 books to date, which met with an enthusiastic popular and critical reception in her native France. Her best-known works in the UK include her award-winning novels Mend the Living and Birth of a Bridge.application/pdf1
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This clear and detailed 60-page reading guide is structured as follows:
- Biography of Maylis de Kerangal
- Presentation of Mend the Living
- Summary of Mend the Living
- Character study
- Simon Limbeau
- Marianne Limbeau
- Sean
- Pierre Revol
- Thomas Remige
- Marthe Carrare
- Virgilio Breva
- Claire Méjan
- Cordelia Owl
- Analysis of Mend the Living
- Similarities with the epic
- Death in a new light
- The symbolic significance of the heart
- Chronicle of a transplant
- The importance of time
About Mend the Living
Mend the Living follows one man’s heart over a period of 24 hours as his family wrestle with their grief and a team of doctors and surgeons race against the clock to perform a transplant and give an ailing woman a second chance at life. The novel was widely praised for its exploration of the ethical and philosophical issues surrounding organ donation, and for its sensitive depiction of the impact of a sudden death on the victim’s loved ones.
Mend the Living won a number of literary prizes in France, as well as the Wellcome Prize for books that deal with the themes of health and medicine in the UK.
About Maylis de Kerangal
Maylis de Kerangal is a contemporary French novelist. She began her career in publishing, with stints at Éditions Gallimard and as the head of her own publishing house, focused on children’s literature, before dedicating herself to writing full-time. She has published over 15 books to date, which met with an enthusiastic popular and critical reception in her native France. Her best-known works in the UK include her award-winning novels Mend the Living and Birth of a Bridge.
Product details
| ISBN | 9782808007306 |
|---|---|
| Publisher | Plurilingua Publishing |
| Collection | Brightsummaries.com |
| Format | |
| Pages | 60 |
| File size | 2.2 MB |
