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Philippe Djian

Philippe Djian
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Philippe Djian

Philippe Djian is the renowned author of over twenty novels, including Assassins, Frictions, Impuretés, and the bestseller 37°2 le matin, published in the United States as Betty Blue and adapted for film by Jean-Jacques Beineix. A #1 bestseller in France, Unforgivable (Impardonnables) received the 2009 Prix Jean Freustié, a prize given to a French author for a work in prose. Djian lives in Paris.

Unforgivable will be released on March 09, 2010 in Hardcover, eBook
Mar 09, 2010
Unforgivable is now available in Hardcover, eBook
Mar 09, 2010

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PRLog, February 21, 2012
...heavy on French-made fare.Legendary filmmaker Andre Techine will return to the Croisette with Impardonnables, an adaptation of Philippe Djian’s book about a successful author whose wife and daughter are killed and who tries to start his life again with...
Variety, February 10, 2012
...by Said Ben Said's SBS Films. It was penned by Techine and Mehdi Ben Attia, adapted from Philippe Djian's novel. A dramedy based in Brittany, "17 Girls" is based on the true story of a group of American high school girls who decided to get pregnant at...
Do You Read Me? The American Book Center Blog, October 5, 2011
...is based on the play Farragut North by Beau Willimon; and Imparonnables , based on the book Unforgiveable by Philippe Djian...
Rikki's Teleidoscope, May 31, 2011
...by the way, would also be a good read. The novel the movie was made after is by Philippe Djian. Then, I highly recommend “Queen Margot” (La reine Margot), a great film about the St. Bartholomew’s Day Massacre in 1572 and the events leading up to...