A Life Without End (French: Une vie sans fin) is a 2018 novel by the French writer Frédéric Beigbeder.

A Life Without End
AuthorFrédéric Beigbeder
Original titleUne vie sans fin
TranslatorFrank Wynne
LanguageFrench
PublisherÉditions Grasset
Publication date
3 January 2018
Publication placeFrance
Published in English
14 April 2020
Pages360
ISBN9782246812616

Plot

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Frédéric, a famous media personality, turns 50 and wants to live forever. He brings his 10-year-old daughter and a Japanese robot—Pepper—to meet international experts on human life extension.[1]

Reception

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Kirkus Reviews wrote that the book has "a breezy style", full of wit, sarcasm and gallows humour, and "an endearing, genre-bending wackiness".[2]

The book was awarded the 2018 prix Rive Gauche à Paris [fr].[3]

References

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  1. ^ Montety, Etienne de (18 January 2018). "Une vie sans fin, de Frédéric Beigbeder : Faust et usage de Faust". Le Figaro (in French). Retrieved 11 October 2023.
  2. ^ "A Life Without End". Kirkus Reviews. 15 February 2020. Retrieved 11 October 2023.
  3. ^ Mazin, Cécile (2 July 2018). "Frédéric Beigbeder, prix Rive gauche à Paris 2018". ActuaLitté [fr] (in French). Retrieved 11 October 2023.

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