The 6:41 to Paris

A strong plot and a touching portrayal of how any of us might feel when unexpectedly confronted by the detritus of young love ... The 6:41 to Paris is a timely reminder that the past is always waiting to ambush us.--The New York Times Sunday Book Review

Perfectly written and a remarkably suspenseful read ... an absorbing, intriguing, insightful book for all readers.--Library Journal (Starred review)

Cécile, a stylish forty-seven-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 thirty 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 psychological thriller about past romance, with all its pain and promise.

Reading group guide is available from New Vessel Press.

Author: Jean-Philippe Blondel
Publisher: New Vessel Press
Published: 12/01/2015
Pages: 146
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.35lbs
Size: 8.00h x 5.20w x 0.60d
ISBN13: 9781939931269
ISBN10: 1939931266
BISAC Categories:
- Fiction | Literary
- Fiction | Psychological
- Fiction | Romance | General

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 best-seller in both France and Germany.

Alison Anderson is a novelist and translator whose previous translations include The Elegance of the Hedgehog.