Jean-Philippe Blondel on Tour: The 6:41 to Paris

Jean-Philippe Blondel

on Tour

September 14-18

with

The 6:41 to Paris

(fiction)

Release date: November 10, 2015
at New Vessel Press

153 pages

ISBN: 978-1939931269

Website | Goodreads

SYNOPSIS

Cecile, a stylish 47-year-old, has spent the weekend visiting her parents in a provincial town southeast of Paris. By early Monday morning, she’s exhausted. These trips back home are always stressful and she settles into a train compartment with an empty seat beside her. But it’s soon occupied by a man she instantly recognizes: Philippe Leduc, with whom she had a passionate affair that ended in her brutal humiliation 30 years ago. In the fraught hour and a half that ensues, their express train hurtles towards the French capital. Cécile and Philippe undertake their own face to face journey—In silence? What could they possibly say to one another?—with the reader gaining entrée to the most private of thoughts. This is a brilliant psychological thriller, a high-wire act of emotions on rails, about past romance, with all its pain and promise. [provided by the publisher]

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ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Jean-Philippe Blondel
was born in 1964 in Troyes, France
where he lives as an author and English teacher.
His novel The 6:41 to Paris
has been a bestseller in both France and Germany.

ABOUT THE TRANSLATOR

Alison Anderson is a novelist and translator of literature from French. Among the authors she has translated are JMG Le Clézio, Christian Bobin, Muriel Barbery and Amélie Nothomb. She has lived in Northern California and currently lives in a village in Switzerland.

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VIRTUAL BOOK TOUR SCHEDULE

Monday, September 14
Review + Giveaway at #redhead.with.book
Review + Giveaway at Words And Peace

Tuesday, September 15
Review + Excerpt + Giveaway at Fuonlyknew

Wednesday, September 16
Review + Giveaway at The Book Binder’s Daughter
Review + Giveaway at Book And Ink

Thursday, September 17
Review + Giveaway at I’d Rather Be At The Beach

Friday, September 18
Review at French Village Diaries

You can enter the global giveaway here
or on any other book blogs participating in this tour.
Be sure to follow each participant on Twitter/Facebook,
they are listed in the entry form below.

Enter here

Visit each blogger on the tour:
tweeting about the giveaway everyday
of the Tour will give you 5 extra entries each time!
[just follow the directions on the entry-form]

Global giveaway open to US residents only:
5 participants will each win an ARC print copy of this book.

May 20, 2015

WordsAndPeace

Categories: Fiction, Giveaway, Paris Tags: Jean-Philippe Blondel, Paris, train

12 responses to “Jean-Philippe Blondel on Tour: The 6:41 to Paris”

Kara S
September 14th, 2015 at 06:31

This year I read Us by David Nicholls, which I found to be an unusually amusing pageturner, features train travel in a few memorable, significant scenes. Incidentally, despite the pleasure the read gave me, I found it totally unworthy of the honor given it by its inclusion on the 2014 Man Booker Prize Longlist. Take that for whatever it’s worth. 🙂 Thanks for the chance to win this read and more importantly for introducing me to what it has to offer! Cheers, Kara S

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- WordsAndPeace
  September 14th, 2015 at 08:59
  
  Thanks for mentioning this book, I didn’t know that aspect of the book about trains. Sometimes, to be honest most of the times for me, I question the choice for literary awards, in France as well!
  
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  - Kara S
    September 21st, 2015 at 20:20
    
    I usually find the Man Booker Prize nominations to have some books that would/do impress me as well. Of course, I never agree with any set of nominations completely. It’s fun to debate.
    
    I just saw that I won this giveaway and wanted to thank you again! Please contact me if you need any further information; i can’t remember if my mailing address was submitted in the entry form or not. Cheers, Kara S
  - WordsAndPeace
    September 21st, 2015 at 22:11
    
    Yes, I have your mailing address in the entry form. I will post about all the winners tomorrow
Martha G
September 3rd, 2015 at 22:53

So glad you posted this. It reminded me to renew my New Vessel subscription!

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- WordsAndPeace
  September 4th, 2015 at 07:57
  
  a virtual book tour is coming soon on #FranceBT about it http://francebooktours.com
  
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carol L
May 22nd, 2015 at 17:38

This sounds interesting. I’ll look forward to reading it.

Carol L
Lucky4750 (at) aol (dot) com

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- WordsAndPeace
  May 23rd, 2015 at 10:41
  
  Yes, something different.
  
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Denise Duvall
May 21st, 2015 at 21:13

Sounds really different!

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- WordsAndPeace
  May 22nd, 2015 at 11:27
  
  yes, has to be good!
  
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rennydiokno2015
May 20th, 2015 at 21:14

Reblogged this on My Blog News.

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WordsAndPeace
May 15th, 2019 at 08:18

Merci pour votre excellente recension.

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