A Life Without End
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| Author | Frédéric Beigbeder |
|---|---|
| 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 | Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value). |
A Life Without End (French: Une vie sans fin) is a 2018 novel by the French writer Frédéric Beigbeder.
Plot
[edit | edit source]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.[1]
Reception
[edit | edit source]Kirkus Reviews wrote that the book has "a breezy style", full of wit, sarcasm and gallows humour, and "an endearing, genre-bending wackiness".[2]
The book was awarded the 2018 prix Rive Gauche à Paris.[3]
References
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Further reading
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