Marc Levy

Fiction
Country : France
Editor:
Published Date : 22/11/2012
Available Editions : ebook

A romantic comedy set in a world that is larger than life…
A story that entices the reader to believe the unbelievable…



As far back as Julia Walsh could remember, she always had a difficult relationship with her father. They hardly ever saw each other. Hardly ever spoke, and on the rare occasions they did, they never seemed to agree on anything.

Three days before her wedding, Julia receives a phone call from her father’s personal secretary. Just as Julia had predicted, Anthony Walsh will not be able to attend his daughter’s wedding.

However, for once, Julia has to admit that her father’s excuse is irreproachable.

He’s dead.

Julia cannot help seeing the tragic-comical side of the situation. From one second to the next, her nuptial dreams transform into funeral plans. Even beyond the grave, it seems, Anthony Walsh has his own particularly effective way of disrupting his daughter’s life.

But the day after his funeral, Julia discovers that her father has one last surprise in store for her. Without a doubt, the journey of a life-time, and an opportunity to say, at last, all those things they had never said.

With this novel, Marc Levy creates a world of mischief and suspense. At its heart, lie the relationship between a father and daughter, and a tale of first love, the kind of love that never dies.


Author's biography - Marc LEVY


Marc Levy was born in France on October 16th, 1961. When he turned eighteen, he joined the Red Cross, where he spent the next six years. In parallel, he studied management and computer programming at Paris-Dauphine University. In 1983, he created a computer graphics company based in France and the United States.

Six years later, he lost majority control of the group and resigned. Starting again from scratch, he returned to Paris and co-founded an interior design and planning company with two friends; the company soon became one of the leading office architecture firms in France.

At thirty-seven, Marc Levy wrote a story for the man that his son would grow up to be. In early 1999, his sister, a screenwriter (now a film director), encouraged him to send the manuscript to Editions Robert Laffont, who immediately decided to publish If Only It Were True. Before it was published, Steven Spielberg (Dreamworks) acquired film rights to the novel. The movie,  Just like Heaven, produced by Steven Spielberg, starring Reese Witherspoon and Mark Ruffalo, was a #1 box office hit in America in 2005.

After If Only It Were True, Marc Levy began writing full-time. All of his novels have hit the top of the best-seller list in France. They are also very successful internationally and are consistently on the bestseller list in several countries including Germany, China, Italy, Russia, and Spain.

If Only It Were True, 2000 (adapted for film in 2005)

Finding You, 2001 (adapted for television in 2007)

Seven Days for an Eternity, 2003

In Another Life, 2004

If Only It Were True 2, 2005

London Mon Amour, 2006 (adapted to film in 2008)

Children of Freedom, 2007

All Those Things We Never Said, 2008.

The First Day, 2009

The First Night, 2009 (the sequel to The First Day)

The Shadow Thief, 2010

The Strange Journey of Mr. Daldry, 2011

Replay, 2012

Stronger than fear, 2013 

Another Idea of Happiness, 2014

Elle & Lui, 2015

Hope, 2016

The Last of the Stanfields, 2017

Une Fille Comme Elle, 2018

 

His latest novel, Ghost in Love, will be published in France on May 14, 2019.

 

The combined sales of Marc Levy's seventeen novels, translated into 49 languages, have surpassed the 40 million copy mark worldwide. Marc Levy is the most read French author in the world. (Source for all rankings and figures: Ipsos/Livres Hebdo/Le Figaro)

Marc Levy has also written short stories and directed a short film for Amnesty International, Nabila's Letter, screened in March 2004. In addition, he has written song lyrics for various artists including Johnny Hallyday.

 

Around the World

Avaible in 32 languages.

Azerbaijan : Qanun
Brazil : Objetiva
Bulgaria : Uniscorp
Canada (English) : Mcarthur
Catalonia : De Proa
China (Simplified) : Shanghai Translation
Germany : Droemer Knaur
Greece : Modern Times
Hungary : Könyvmolyképzo Kiado
Indonesia : Bentang Pustaka
Italy : Rizzoli
Korea : Yolimwon
Latin America : Editorial Planeta
Latvia : Kontinent
Lebanon : Dar El Khayal
Lithuania : Alma Littera
Macedonia : Matica
Montenegro : Nova Knjiga
Poland : Albatros
Portugal : Editora Pergaminho
Romania : Editoria Trei
Russia : Atticus
Serbia : Laguna
Spain : Editorial Planeta
Taiwan : Business Weekly
Thailand : Amarin
The Netherlands : De Boekerij
Turkey : Can Yayinlari
Ukraine : Machaon
USA : Amazon Crossing
USA : Amazon Crossing
Vietnam : Nha Nam

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