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|date=April 2017

|isbn=978-1848666047

|cover=NDiaye_Ladivine

|aznuk=1848666047

Ladivine is, at its heart, a book about women; their choices and the way they make sense of, and come to terms with, tragedy, love and loss. It centres on three generations of women, each cursed and alienated in their own way, although through this shroud of loneliness NDiaye has produced a loving testament to those, and indeed all, women and writes with such longing and tenderness that I was reduced to tears on more than one occasion. This book will leave you heartbroken but revived by the power of NDiaye to weave a narrative which speaks universally about the human experience, the crushing weight of shame and the destruction and redemption we find in loving another. This book has been sensitively translated by Jordan Stump and retains the magical flair of NDiaye's distinct writing style and the beautifully quirky eccentricities of French fiction.

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