An everyday life is cut short in a motorcycle accident in this brief, autobiographical novel of grief. Winner of the French Prix Goncourt award, Brigitte Giraud's intense exploration of "what if" is a moving meditation on the small details and decisions we make throughout a day. As the moments in Claude's day unfold, his wife imagines all the ways a move in different direction may have changed the outcome. 20 years later, Claude's wife still tries to grasp how a life can end, and a how life can continue. I was fascinated by the structure of this novel, and I was impressed by the descriptive prose. Some may be put-off by the desire to change the past, but I was mesmerized.
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