Mano a mano

by Françoise Bourdin

Vingt ans séparent Jocelyn de Raphaëlle. Et plus elle s'éloigne de lui, plus il veut la retenir. Pour la séduire définitivement, il l'emmène chez Virgile, un ami éleveur de taureaux de combat. Les paysages camarguais, l'univers fascinant de la corrida, le chaleureux accueil des Vasquez : le séjour promet d'être inoubliable. Mais c'est Ruiz, fils cadet de Virgile, qui va attirer toute l'attention de Raphaëlle...

252 pages, Mass Market Paperback

First published January 1, 1991

About the author

Françoise Bourdin was born listening to opera. Her parents, both opera singers, helped her to develop an appreciation for strong characters and destinies, and for the music of words. As a teenager, she discovered horseback riding and it became her exclusive hobby. She dedicated her teens to this passion and to reading the works of classical authors that she discovered in her father’s huge library. Bourdin started to write short stories when she was very young. Her first novel was published by Editions Julliard when she was only twenty. Writing became the most important thing in her life and her second novel, two years later, was adapted for TV.

Her fiction describes family stories, secrets, and passions. She values brave characters who face life boldly and never give up when confronted with adversity. Since 1994, she has written thirty books, three of which have been adapted for television. Her readership continues to grow with each novel.

Bourdin has two daughters and lives in a beautiful home in Normandy. She writes every day, always with the same pleasure, the most beautifully human and moving stories. She knows how to express our deepest emotions and to write stories that resemble our own lives.

Françoise Bourdin, née en 1952 à Paris, est un écrivain français.
Elle est mariée à un médecin et a deux filles, Fabienne, née 1981, et Frédérique, née 1982.

Elle commence à écrire des nouvelles à 16 ans. Elle publie son premier roman en 1972, Les Soleils mouillés. En 1973, son second roman, De vagues herbes hautes est choisi par Josée Dayan pour réaliser son premier téléfilm — avec comme interprète Laurent Terzieff. Depuis, elle a publié près d'une trentaine de livres.
Elle est aussi scénariste de profession pour la télévision, beaucoup de ses romans ont été adaptés à la télévision.

Reviews

[Niss]

As i was walking one evening in the streets of Cannes with my husband, a little wooden tree house appeared, lit by a street light, giving it that angelic glow. By that time, i haven't picked up something to read (or rather finish) in a few months, so i headed towards it (mind you it was raining), discovering a variety of interesting books inside, in different languages. I picked up this book in particular because on our way here to France, we passed by Spain, and in the midst of fascination of its pretty sights, while i was taking a video one day on a bridge, a giant bull statue appeared behind me (selfie mode), and i genuinely nearly fell off, so you can imagine how scary that was. Anyway, i picked up the book, the cover had a torero and a bull on it, and i was like hell yeah why not. As i mentioned before, it hasn't been easy for me to keep a good reading stance, this book changed that. It was so nicely written, easy to read, plus you discover a whole new world of the dance between life and death, alongside the protagonist, blinded by love, anger, and passion. Cute read.

[Virginie Cosse]

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