Journal d'Hirondelle

Journal d'Hirondelle is a novel by Belgian writer Amélie Nothomb. It was first published by Albin Michel in 2006.[1][2][3][4][5] It is her 15th novel and has 137 pages.

First edition (publ. Albin Michel)

Plot Summary

A young courier, whose identity is unknown, has just suffered a heartache. He no longer feels anything, and loses the pleasure of the senses , of the emotions and of the sexual act. Looking for a way to regain his lost feelings, he changes his identity, renames himself Urbain and becomes a contract killer. He then succeeds in regaining what he lost.

References
  1. (fr)Babelio
  2. (fr)Evene Le Figaro
  3. (fr)L'Express, "Le Nouveau Nothomb est arrivé"
  4. (fr)L'Express, Anne Berthod, "Mortel désir", 24/08/2006
  5. (fr)E-littérature, Alice Granger, 28 août 2006


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