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| Author | Frédéric Beigbeder |
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| Original title | Une vie sans fin |
| Translator | Frank Wynne |
| Language | French |
| Publisher | Éditions Grasset |
| Publication date | 3 January 2018 |
| Publication place | France |
| Published in English | 14 April 2020 |
| Pages | 360 |
| ISBN | 9782246812616 |
A Life Without End (French: Une vie sans fin) is a 2018 novel by the French writer Frédéric Beigbeder.
Plot
Frédéric, a famous media personality, turns 50 and wants to live forever. He brings his 10-year-old daughter and a Japanese robot—Pepper—to meet international experts on human life extension.
Reception
Kirkus Reviews wrote that the book has "a breezy style", full of wit, sarcasm and gallows humour, and "an endearing, genre-bending wackiness".
The book was awarded the 2018 prix Rive Gauche à Paris [fr].
References
- Montety, Etienne de (18 January 2018). "Une vie sans fin, de Frédéric Beigbeder : Faust et usage de Faust". Le Figaro (in French). Retrieved 11 October 2023.
- "A Life Without End". Kirkus Reviews. 15 February 2020. Retrieved 11 October 2023.
- Mazin, Cécile (2 July 2018). "Frédéric Beigbeder, prix Rive gauche à Paris 2018". ActuaLitté [fr] (in French). Retrieved 11 October 2023.
Further reading
- "A Life Without End — a motormouth TV star's quest for immortality". Financial Times. 24 April 2020. Retrieved 11 October 2023.
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