No and Me by Delphine de Vigan (Book Analysis) E-Book

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• Kategorie: Geisteswissenschaft
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• Sprache: Englisch
• Veröffentlichungsjahr: 2015

Seitenzahl: 19

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No and Me by Delphine de Vigan is a hard-hitting novel that deals with the shortcomings of today’s society with regards to the homeless. It tells the story of Lou, a young girl who befriends No, a homeless girl, and decides to help her, gaining her first insight into the functioning of society along the way.

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Delphine de Vigan

French novelist

Born in Boulogne-Billancourt in 1966Notable works:No and Me (2007), novelUnderground Time (2009), novelNothing Holds Back the Night (2011), novel

Delphine de Vigan was born in 1966 in the region of Paris. In 2001, she became well-known for her autobiographical novel on the topic of anorexia, Days Without Hunger, published under the pseudonym Lou Delvig. The collection of short stories The Pretty Boys (2005) and the novel One Evening in December (2005) have love as a main theme and have been very well received by readers. In 2008, she received the Prix des Libraires for her bestseller No and Me (2007) and the Prix Renaudot des Lycéens for Nothing Holds Back the Night (2011).

No and Me

The moving tale of an unlikely friendship

Genre: NovelReference edition: de Vigan, D. (2008) No et moi. Paris: JC Lattès.1First edition: 2007Themes: friendship, mutual aid, difference, poverty, homelessness

No and Me (2007), transposed to the screen in 2010, is a first-person story about a gifted preadolescent girl aged 13, Lou Bertignac. She reveals her questions about life, about her family and human relations, about love and, above all, about human misery. Lou meets an 18-year-old homeless girl, No, whom she helps to overcome her situation. A true friendship develops between the two girls. The story is both simple and touching. The author’s talent lies especially in the description of the girl’s emotions, moods, hopes, disillusions and learning. No and Me is a life lesson that combines social and personal aspects.

1Quotes taken from the reference edition have been translated by BrightSummaries.com.

Summary

The meeting

At Austerlitz station in Paris, a young girl, Lou Bertignac, meets a young homeless girl, Nolwenn, who is known as No. She immediately decides that the object of her project for her economic and social science class will be homelessness. “I will document the journey of a young homeless woman” (p. 12-13), she announces. She does not foresee the changes that will happen in her own life after this meeting.