Mend The Living Av Maylis De Kerangal

<p><b>Winner of the Wellcome Book Prize 2017.</b><br><br><b>Longlisted for the Man Booker International Prize 2016. </b><br><br><b>Now a major French film, REPARER LES VIVANTS/HEAL THE LIVING, directed by Katell Quillevere and starring Emmanuelle Seigner.</b><br><b><br>A twenty-four-hour whirlwind of death and life.</b><br><br>In the depths of a winter''s night, the heart of Simon Limbeau is resting, readying itself for the day to come. In a few hours'' time, just before six, his alarm will go off and he will venture into the freezing dawn, drive down to the beach, and go surfing with his friends. A trip he has made a hundred times and yet, today, the heart of Simon Limbeau will encounter a very different course.<br><br>But for now, the black-box of his body is free to leap, swell, melt and sink, just as it has throughout the years of Simon''s young life.<br><br>5.50 a.m.<br><br>This is his heart.<br><br>And here is its story.<br><br><b>Translated from the French by Jessica Moore</b></