Marc Levy

Fiction
Country : France
Editor:
Published Date : 26/11/2012

'Simply magic'
New York Post

Arthur has had a long day. He returns to his new home in San Francisco, where packing boxes lie strewn across the living room floor. He musters the energy to clear them away. Satisfied, exhausted,he runs a bath, puts on the radio, and sinks back, surrendering himself to the dulcet tones of Peggy Lee…

 

Suddenly he hears fingers clicking to the beat of the music. He must be imagining it. Yet the sound continues, clear and distinct. He climbs out of the bath and follows the noise to a closet. He opens the door only to find a woman sitting there – clicking her fingers.

Arthur assumes that his business partner has set up some sort of practical joke. He asks the intruder to leave immediately so that he can get some sleep. The woman is stunned: not only is Arthur still naked, but more importantly, he can see her.

 

Arthur’s patience is running out: to get rid of this mad woman with her senseless ramblings, he agrees to take her to the hospital, where he hopes he can leave her in safe hands. Lauren takes Arthur to see her body, attached to the life-support machine. Arthur puts his arm around Lauren, trying to comfort her in her madness (obviously the body belongs to her twin sister…) It is only when a nurse walks in and asks Arthur if he has something wrong with his arm that he realizes for the first time that, strange as it may seem, Lauren really is invisible to everyone but him.

 

A couple unlike any other in a situation even they can’t believe…
this is a love story impossible to forget.

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 43 languages.

Albania : Toena
Azerbaijan : Qanun
Bosnia : Bosanska Rijec
Brazil : Bertrand Brasil
Bulgaria : Uniscorp
Catalonia : De Proa
China (Complex) :
China (Simplified) : Shanghai Translation
Croatia : Izvori
Czech Republic : Albatros
Denmark : Borgens
Estonia : Varrak Pärnu mnt 67a, Tallinn 10134
Finland : Gummerus
Georgia : Agora
Germany : Aufbau Verlag
Greece : Livanis
Hungary : Kelly
Indonesia :
Israel :
Italy : Rizzoli
Italy : Rizzoli
Japan : Hayakawa
Korea : Bookhouse
Latin America : Roca Editorial
Latvia : Kontinent
Lebanon : Dar El Khayal
Macedonia : AEA Izdavaci
Poland : Albatros
Portugal : Editora Pergaminho
Romania : Editura Trei
Russia : Atticus
Serbia : Plato Publishing
Slovenia : Druzaba
Spain : Roca Editorial
Sweden : Wahlström & Widstrand
Taiwan : Classic Communication
Thailand : Amarin
The Netherlands : A.W. Bruna
Turkey : Can Yayinlari
Turkey : Can Yayinlari
UK : HarperCollins
USA : Pocket Books
Vietnam : Nha Nam

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