Elle (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781590519158)

Elle is a psychological thriller that recounts thirty days in the life of its heroine Mich le--powerfully portrayed by Isabelle Huppert in Paul Verhoeven's award-winning film--where memory, sex, and death collide at every page.

A few weeks before Christmas, Mich le picks herself up from her living room floor. She has been raped. She has almost no recollection of her attacker but she senses his presence--he is never far away--and this uncanny feeling triggers a whirlwind of events and memories. She begins to fear she is losing her grip on a life already complicated by a demanding job, an ex-husband with a new girlfriend, a jealous lover, and a son trapped in a relationship with his girlfriend pregnant by another man.

Hardened by the consequences of her father's violent past, Mich le--in her fifties, fiercely independent and unsentimental--refuses to be reduced to a victim. When her rapist begins taunting her with messages, she takes measures to protect herself until she discovers his identity...

Through the bitingly sarcastic and unflinchingly realist voice of its heroine, Elle paints a striking portrait of one woman's experience that challenges our notions of masculinity and femininity, weakness and strength.

Author: Philippe Djian
ISBN-10: 1590519159
ISBN-13: 9781590519158
Publisher: Other Press (NY)
Language: English
Published: 05/23/2017
Pages: 208
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.50lbs
Size: 8.20h x 5.50w x 0.50d

Review Citation(s):
Publishers Weekly 04/10/2017

About the Author
Philippe Djian is the award-winning author of more than twenty novels, including the bestseller 37°2 le matin, published in the United States as Betty Blue. Elle is the fifth of his novels to be adapted into film. A bestseller in France, Elle (Oh!) received the 2012 Prix Interallié.