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SHORTLISTED FOR THE PRIX JOSEPH KESSEL 2020 SHORTLISTED FOR THE GRAND PRIX DE L'ACADMIE FRANAISE 2019 SHORTLISTED FOR THE GRAND PRIX DES BLOGUEURS LITTRAIRES 2019 Chosen as one of French booksellers' Top 5 Titles of Autumn 2019 in Livres Hebdo 'On the mountain, the only monsters are the ones you take with you.' Stan has been hunting for fossils since the age of six. Now, in the summer of 1954, he hears a story he cannot forget: the skeleton of a huge creature a veritable dragon lies deep in an Alpine glacier. And he is determined to find it. But Stan is no mountaineer. To complete his dangerous expedition, he must call on loyal friend Umberto, who arrives with an eccentric young assistant, and expert guide Gio. Time is short: the four men must descend before the weather turns. As bonds are forged and tested, the hazardous quest for the earth's lost creatures becomes a journey into Stan's own past. 'Breathless and heartbreaking...the story is thrilling and wrenching by turns...Tracing a treasure that waits just out of reach, A Hundred Million Years and a Day speaks to the adventurers within us all' - Foreword Reviews 'Poignant, short but powerful ... explores ideas of comradeship, the persistence of childhood trauma and the nature of obsession.' - Sunday Times 'brief, unusual, but supremely effective... explores the limits of human physical endurance with total conviction.' -The Tablet 'This is an unforgettable novel, beautifully written and utterly gripping.' - Mail on Sunday 'A sublime and beautiful book' - Carys Davies, author ofWest 'Every line is golden. It's impossible to describe it without selling it short. It is a small, perfect thing, beautiful and devastating' - Sara Taylor, author of The Shore 'Spare, elegant and poetic, this slender novel is quietly devastating' - Daily Mail

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SHORTLISTED FOR THE PRIX JOSEPH KESSEL 2020 SHORTLISTED FOR THE GRAND PRIX DE L'ACADEMIE FRANCAISE 2019 SHORTLISTED FOR THE GRAND PRIX DES BLOGUEURS LITTERAIRES 2019 'Unforgettable' Mail on Sunday 'Powerful' Sunday Times 'Spare, elegant and poetic, this slender novel is quietly devastating' Daily Mail 'A tense exploration of obsession and camaraderie, made more arresting still by the contrast between its slender form and the epic nature of its backdrop' Hephzibah Anderson, The Observer 'Breathless and heartbreaking . . . Tracing a treasure that waits just out of reach, A Hundred Million Years and a Day speaks to the adventurers within us all' Foreword Reviews 'Using beautiful imagery and poetic language, Andrea takes us to the mountains for an adventure that is as cruel as it is magical' Le Figaro 'Gripping and poetic, it keeps you hooked until the final page' La Croix 'Under Jean-Baptiste Andrea's skilled penmanship, the alpine adventure novel becomes a moving tale of personal discovery, and the fossil, a brilliant metaphor for the search for perfection' Le Nouveau Magazine Litteraire 'The author's voice has the imagination to move mountains, but shows an awareness that the journey means more than the destination. We're with the narrator every step of the way, admiring his determination to fulfil his dream' Liberation 'Go and buy it now. . . Andrea's beautiful words are both heartrending and comforting' Telematin 'The poetry of the language and intensity of feeling give nature an intoxicating splendour' Le Matricule des Anges 'A sublime and beautiful book' Carys Davies 'Every line is golden. It's impossible to describe it without selling it short. It is a small, perfect thing, beautiful and devastating' Sara Taylor Praise for Ma Reine: Winner of 12 literary awards, including the Prix du Premier Roman and Prix Femina des Lyceens. 'A powerful, magnetic novel' Lire 'A book of great charm. Poetic, otherworldly and original' Telerama 'A poetic, dreamlike little gem' Le Figaro litteraire

SHORTLISTED FOR THE PRIX JOSEPH KESSEL 2020 SHORTLISTED FOR THE GRAND PRIX DE L'ACADEMIE FRANCAISE 2019 SHORTLISTED FOR THE GRAND PRIX DES BLOGUEURS LITTERAIRES 2019 'A sublime and beautiful book' Carys Davies 'Every line is golden. It's impossible to describe it without selling it short. It is a small, perfect thing, beautiful and devastating' Sara Taylor 'Spare, elegant and poetic, this slender novel is quietly devastating' Daily Mail 'Breathless and heartbreaking . . . Tracing a treasure that waits just out of reach, A Hundred Million Years and a Day speaks to the adventurers within us all' Foreword Reviews 'Using beautiful imagery and poetic language, Andrea takes us to the mountains for an adventure that is as cruel as it is magical' Le Figaro 'Gripping and poetic, it keeps you hooked until the final page' La Croix 'Under Jean-Baptiste Andrea's skilled penmanship, the alpine adventure novel becomes a moving tale of personal discovery, and the fossil, a brilliant metaphor for the search for perfection' Le Nouveau Magazine Litteraire 'The author's voice has the imagination to move mountains, but shows an awareness that the journey means more than the destination. We're with the narrator every step of the way, admiring his determination to fulfil his dream' Liberation 'Go and buy it now. . . Andrea's beautiful words are both heartrending and comforting' Telematin 'The poetry of the language and intensity of feeling give nature an intoxicating splendour' Le Matricule des Anges

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Jean-Baptiste Andrea is a director, screenwriter and author. Born in 1971, he grew up in Cannes. His first novel, Ma Reine, was published in 2017 and won 12 literary prizes including the Prix du Premier Roman and the Prix Femina des Lycens. Sam Taylor was born in Nottinghamshire, England in 1970, and began his career as a journalist with The Observer. In 2001, he moved to southwest France, where he wrote four novels. In 2010, he translated his first novel: Laurent Binet's HHhH. He now lives in the United States and works as a literary translator and author. Recent translations include The Truth about the Harry Quebert Affair, The Heart (for which he won the French-American Translation Prize) and Lullaby/The Perfect Nanny.

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