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Presidentens Hatt (2014)

by Antoine Laurain(Favorite Author)

3.92 of 5 Votes: 1

ISBN

918787900X (ISBN13: 9789187879005)

languge

English

genre

Fantasy

publisher

Lavender Lit

review 1: This was delightful. A Jean-Pierre Jeunet movie just asking to be made. One night, a regular guy treats himself to a nice dinner in a Parisian restaurant. And Francois Mitterand sits down next to him. He is in awe to be sitting next to the French President and knows he'll always remember this night. And then. . . the President forgets his hat. And our regular man takes it. And everything changes. The hat gives confidence and ideas to regular guy #1, who misplaces it when someone else finds it. It changes her life too, and she leaves it for someone else to find. . . and so on and so on. Everybody with this hat suddenly finds themselves with new independence and confidence. Boom. The ending was unexpected, and clever and fun. This whole book was just y... moreummy.
review 2: I have an unnatural fascination with anything French. Since I lack French language skills, I wait until the English translations of French novels arrive on American shores.Antoine Laurain's "The President's Hat" delights with its detached French charm. It's très French and one of those tales told in fragments that when pieced together leave us scratching our heads. Think Eric Rohmer's movies.The story revolves around President Francois Mitterand's hat which switches owners through the course of the story. I won't say more because I don't want rob you the pleasure of the surprise twists and connections--6 degrees of separation comes to mind.The book is short in pages and the language seems deceptively simple in places. However, the author's observations are spot on and his characters pop off the page for the short time you get to know them. less

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