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By the time Rafael is born, the family estancia has already gone to hell. His father disappeared before he was born; his older twin brothers blame Rafael and exact revenge at every opportunity. Steban, his other sibling, appears to be a simpleton. Ruling over this dysfunctional roost is a tyrannical and avaricious mother. Her only act of what may just be affection for her youngest is to give him a horse. When a chance encounter brings about the possibility of change, family tensions mount and daily life degenerates into open warfare.

A small boat, alone on the furious ocean. A family stranded on an island, battered by waves on all sides. A decision which looms, unavoidable, on the horizon. When a volcano collapses in the ocean and generates a tidal wave of biblical proportions, the world disappears around Louie, his parents and his eight siblings. Their house, perched on a summit, stands firm. As far as the eye can see there is only silver water. It is shaken by violent storms, like jolts of rage. A remarkable story of destruction, resilience, love, and the invisible but powerful links that bind a family together.

LONGLISTED FOR THE 2023 DUBLIN LITERARY AWARDWinner of the 2020 Grand Prix RTL-Lire, a powerful novel about a man's desperate quest to bring new life to a desolate world.Nobody wanted Corentin. Not his father, who flees as soon he can, nor the women in the village, only preoccupied with gossip, nor especially his mother, who dreams of getting rid of him. Dragged from home to home, his childhood feels like a sad, aimless pilgrimage. Until the day his mother abandons him with an old woman, Augustine. That's when life begins again for him, deep into the Valley of the Forests, the remote region where the woman who becomes his adoptive grandmother lives.Having moved to the city to pursue his studies, Corentin fully immerses himself in the dazzling pleasures and distractions of urban life. Around him, though, the world is on fire. Temperatures continue to rise, causing a permanent draught. The rivers of Corentin's childhood have long dried up; the trees shed their leaves in June. A terrible catastrophe is brewing.The night when the worst happens, Corentin miraculously survives, hidden deep in the city's catacombs. When he reemerges, he finds a devastated landscape, completely devoid of life. Human, tree, or beast: nothing is left. But Corentin doesn't give up and, only armed with hope, sets off on a journey to find old Augustine.

A primal tale of cruelty and redemption The family farm has run to ruin. Rafael’s father has abandoned them. His older brothers, the twins Mauro and Joaquin, blame Rafael for their father’s departure and exact revenge on their baby brother. Steban, Rafael’s other sibling, is a simpleton whose affections and allegiances change with the shifting winds. Ruling over this dysfunctional roost is a tyrannical and avaricious mother. There is nothing bucolic about existence on a dilapidated farm on the lonely Patagonian steppe. Life is ruthless, unforgiving, and bloody. As the family tensions mount, daily life degenerates into open warfare, revealing dark truths about the human soul. For readers of Coetzee’s Disgrace, the writing of Dorothy Alison, and the southern gothic of William Faulkner, Nothing but Dust is a gripping, unsentimental, ultimately majestic story about life in one of the most inhospitable places on Earth.

A post-apocalyptic tale of environmental disaster and impossible choicesOVER 30,000 COPIES SOLD IN FRANCE“A wrenching exploration of the consequences of survival.” — Kirkus Reviews“An engrossing fable in which families and societies unravel and are refashioned.” — ForeWord ReviewsA small boat, alone on the furious ocean. A family stranded on an island, battered by waves on all sides. A decision which looms, unavoidable, on the horizon.When a volcano collapses in the ocean and generates a tidal wave of biblical proportions, the world disappears around Louie, his parents and his eight siblings. Their house, perched on a summit, stands firm. A far as the eye can see there is only silver water shaken, like jolts of rage, by violent storms. It is shaken by violent storms, like jolts of rage.A remarkable story of destruction, resilience, love, and the invisible but powerful links that bind a family together.“Just After the Wave is a fable for today, as well as a wrenching story of love and survival. Sandrine Collette has reached deep into past fairy tales and modern reality to create a novel that's a stunning, resonant wake-up call.” - Shelf Awareness

A man’s quest to bring new life to a desolate world “In this radiantly beautiful book, Sandrine Collette achieves a perfect balance between horror and beauty, finding poetry even in the dust.”—ELLE Nobody wanted Corentin. His father left him, his mother dreams of getting rid of him. Dragged from home to home, his childhood is an aimless pilgrimage, until the day his mother leaves him with old Augustine. Life begins anew for him. Deep into the remote, verdant Valley of the Forests, Corentin finds the care and love he’s been missing. When he grows up and moves to the city, Corentin immerses himself in the dazzling pleasures and distractions of urban life. But all around him, the world is on fire. Temperatures rise, rivers dry up, trees shed their leaves in June: a catastrophe is brewing. The night the worst happens, Corentin survives, hidden in the depths of the city’s catacombs. When he emerges, he finds a devastated landscape devoid of life. Human, tree, or beast: nothing is left. But Corentin, armed only with hope, sets off on a journey to find Augustine.

När Liam kommer hem efter en veckas jakt i de skogiga bergen, förstår han att något har hänt. Hans femåriga pojke Aru kommer inte springande och möter honom, och på marken ser han spår efter björn. Bakom huset, under sin älskades livlösa kropp, hittar han sin son vid liv. Hela hans tillvaro rasar men han inser en sak: den här vildmarken är inte skapt för ett barn, ett barn han dessutom knappt känner. Han bestämmer sig för att anförtro sin son till släktingar och tar med sig Aru på en lång resa till häst. Saker och ting blir dock sällan som man tänkt sig. Så småningom, i takt med trampet från hovarna, väcker Arus intensiva blå blick något i Liam han inte visste att han bar på. Med Vi var vargar utforskar Sandrine Collette människans plats i en praktfull men hänsynslös natur, och vad som trots livets motgångar kan leda en man till att upptäcka sin inre mänsklighet.Sandrine Collette har gjort sig känd i Frankrike för sina spänningsromaner. Vi var vargar är hennes fösta skönlitterära verk och har belönats med Prix Jean Giono 2022 och Prix Renaudot des Lycéens 2022.

När Liam kommer hem efter en veckas jakt i de skogiga bergen, förstår han att något har hänt. Hans femåriga pojke Aru kommer inte springande och möter honom, och på marken ser han spår efter björn. Bakom huset, under sin älskades livlösa kropp, hittar han sin son vid liv. Hela hans tillvaro rasar men han inser en sak: den här vildmarken är inte skapt för ett barn, ett barn han dessutom knappt känner. Han bestämmer sig för att anförtro sin son till släktingar och tar med sig Aru på en lång resa till häst. Saker och ting blir dock sällan som man tänkt sig. Så småningom, i takt med trampet från hovarna, väcker Arus intensiva blå blick något i Liam han inte visste att han bar på. Med Vi var vargar utforskar Sandrine Collette människans plats i en praktfull men hänsynslös natur, och vad som trots livets motgångar kan leda en man till att upptäcka sin inre mänsklighet. Sandrine Collette har gjort sig känd i Frankrike för sina spänningsromaner. Vi var vargar är hennes fösta skönlitterära verk och har belönats med Prix Jean Giono 2022 och Prix Renaudot des Lycéens 2022.

A spellbinding tale of female defiance and rage In a time outside time, in a world hemmed in by dark woods and silence, the villagers of Les Montées endure a life of hardship and submission. The land is stingy, the Lords are merciless, and for the village women, resistance is a futile dream. One day, a foundling appears at the edge of the forest. Madelaine grows up to be mysterious, magnetic, and shockingly adept with an axe. One day, she slaughters a stag in defiance of the Lord’s decrees. The land, the laws, and the lives of those around her tremble in response, and a new destiny begins to take root. Madelaine Before the Dawn is a wild, lyrical novel about the inheritance of silence and the fire of female defiance. Collette has created an electrifying vision of revolt and resilience at the edge of civilization.

Liam bor i bjergene med sin hustru Ava og deres lille søn Aru. Bjergene, naturen, ulvene og Ava er hele hans verden. Men da han en dag kommer hjem fra jagt, fornemmer han med det samme, at noget er helt galt. Bjørnespor leder ham mod Ava, som ligger kvæstet på jorden. Under hendes skørter gemmer deres 5-årige søn sig. Da Ava fornemmer, at Aru er i sikkerhed, ånder hun ud. Midt i sorgen og raseriet over Avas død står Liam alene tilbage med en søn, han aldrig har haft et forhold til. Overbevist om, at livet i den barske natur ikke er et liv for børn, beslutter Liam sig for at aflevere Aru hos nogle slægtninge i byen. De drager afsted til hest – men tingene går ikke, som Liam har forestillet sig. Og da slægtningene afviser hans søn, må han finde sin vej tilbage – mod sit hjem, og mod sin rolle som far. Vi var ulve er en smuk, barsk og hjertegribende fortælling om at miste og om at få noget igen, der er større end sorgen: Det barn, man aldrig før har kendt. Det er en roman om at leve i ét med naturen, afskåret fra civilisationen og alt, hvad den står for, og om at kæmpe for det, man tror på. En roman om overlevelse, svigt og håb, og om at finde sig selv som far. Romanen har modtaget Jean Giono-prisen og gymnasieelevernes Renaudot-pris samt var finalist til den franske boghandlerpris, Prix des libraires, 2023. Fransk modtagelse: "Et vidunder." - Femme Actuelle "Vi er lamslåede over Sandrine Collettes evner, [hun er] lige så dygtig til at beskrive naturen som til at afkode kompleksiteten i menneskelige relationer." - L'Express "En roman, man sluger råt. Mesterlig." - Le Parisien "Af alle sæsonens bøger er det denne, jeg har slugt i ét huk, den er umulig at lægge fra sig! Den er enestående." - RTL ”Sæsonens store vilde odysée. Fantastisk." - Le Point "Sandrine Collettes har talent for at beskrive den tabte barndom og den barske skønhed i en natur, hvor mennesket ikke synes at have en plads." - Lire le Magazine Littéraire "Storslået [...] Mellem western og økofiktion, en kraftfuld bog, der stiller spørgsmålstegn ved det faderlige instinkt." - Madame Figaro "En gribende roman, der mesterligt stiller spørgsmålstegn ved far/søn-forholdet." - Paris Match "Pragtfuld." - Version Femina ”Sandrine Collette fortæller fremragende om naturens kraft og kærlighedens skrøbelighed." - Point de vue "En ridetur, der slår hårdt. Magnetisk." - L'Obs "En moderne tids western." - Le Journal de Dimanche "En barsk og brutal roman, men så smuk!" - Le Parisien Week-End