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If Only It Were True by Marc Levy, which tells the story of Arthur, an isolated and unhappy architect, and Lauren, a vivacious young doctor who has been left brain-dead after a car crash. While Lauren lies in a coma, her soul can roam freely, invisible to everyone except Arthur. Before long, love blossoms between the pair and they realise the importance of living fully in the present and making the most of every second.
If Only It Were True is Marc Levy’s first novel, and was adapted for the cinema in 2005 under the title
Just Like Heaven. Levy is one of France’s most popular contemporary authors, having published a string of international bestsellers, including
Replay and
P.S. from Paris.
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Marc Levy
French author
Born in Boulogne-Billancourt (France) in 1961.Notable works:The Shadow Thief (2010), novelThe Strange Journey of Mr. Daldry (2011), novelStronger than Fear (2013), novelIf Only It Were True is an original, touching love story about a young architect and the soul of a young woman who is in a coma. This unusual supernatural adventure is also a reflection on love, life, death and the modern world’s reluctance to embrace spirituality, which in turn encourages the reader to think more deeply about the meaning of existence.
The novel’s strengths lie in the transcendental nature of its story (meaning that it takes place outside the realm of the concrete), its realistic description of the medical world and American society, and its interwoven passages of narrative, believable dialogue and letters. In 2005, the American director, producer and scriptwriter Mark Waters (born in 1964) adapted the novel for the cinema under the title Just Like Heaven.
If Only It Were True
A meditation on life
Genre: novelReference edition: Levy, M. (2005) If Only It Were True. Trans. Leggatt, J. New York: Atria Books.1st edition: 2000Themes: love, death, ghost, euthanasia, soul, memoryIf Only It Were True is an original, touching love story about a young architect and the soul of a young woman who is in a coma. This unusual supernatural adventure is also a reflection on love, life, death and the modern world’s reluctance to embrace spirituality, which in turn encourages the reader to think more deeply about the meaning of existence.
The novel’s strengths lie in the transcendental nature of its story (meaning that it takes place outside the realm of the concrete), its realistic description of the medical world and American society, and its interwoven passages of narrative, believable dialogue and letters. In 2005, the American director, producer and scriptwriter Mark Waters (born in 1964) adapted the novel for the cinema under the title Just Like Heaven.
Summary
Lauren Kline, a young medical resident in an American hospital, is severely injured in a car crash during the summer of 1996. Although she is pronounced dead by the two paramedics who arrive on the scene, she later starts breathing again, stunning the police officers tasked with transporting her body.
She is taken to the hospital, where her boss Fernstein says that she is in a coma and has been left permanently brain-dead. However, he agrees to operate on her when some of the other doctors insist, with one of them telling him that “behind Lauren’s open eyes he had sensed her struggling, refusing to go under” (p. 20). In fact, Lauren’s soul has somehow been separated from her body, and is watching the scene but is powerless to do anything or communicate with anyone.
