Reviews
"A novel of realism propelled by Bosc's energy and unique imagination. The mysterious plane crash of Constellation in 1949 is revived within the pages of this magical novel." --Gay Talese, author of The Bridge and A Writer's Life "Sublime, haunting, exuberant, Constellation turns a tragedy into a miracle. In reviving the victims of a doomed 1949 Air France flight, Adrien Bosc writes beautifully about coincidence and fate, including the greatest coincidence at all--that we are alive on earth together for a short time. Constellation is a novel of profound humanity." --Nathaniel Rich, author of Odds Against Tomorrow "[Bosc's] first novel shines . . . The young writer releases the men and women from their unidentified tombs . . . to place them on the best of literary biers. Part fiction, part historical investigation, and part tribute, Constellation is radiant." -- Le Figaro "Adrien Bosc, the author of [ Constellation ] and also the founder of the journals Feuilleton and Desports , dug through archives, investigated through the Internet, unearthed evidence to reproduce the last moments of these prematurely shattered lives." -- L'Express "The writing is clear, brilliant, and streamlined, the construction is wise . . . There is in Bosc a bit of Hergé and of Leibniz." -- Le Nouvel Observateur "[Bosc] weaves together the connections between these people and the events of their times, searches to understand why he started out on this process, halfway between literary journalism and fictional adventure, in this unsolvable investigation where at every turn the fictional fights with the real." -- Libération "Shows great promise...With his Constellation , the fireworks have only just begun." -- Livres Hebdo "[Bosc] has unearthed astonishing biographies . . . Bosc, twenty-eight years old, has already demonstrated a curiosity, and his appetite shows here. A coroner who is attentive to the smallest clues, he searches through the debris, revives the dead, notes the hands of fate." -- Le Point, "Adrien Bosc meticulously and beautifully pieces together the destiny of the 46 passengers aboard the Constellation with a depth of imagination and heart that renders these long lost lives palpably present. It is the work of a gifted and elegant writer, one who seems to instinctually know how to breathe life into a fictional world." --Dinaw Mengestu, author of The Beautiful Things That Heaven Bears "A novel of realism propelled by Bosc's energy and unique imagination. The mysterious plane crash of Constellation in 1949 is revived within the pages of this magical novel." --Gay Talese, author of The Bridge and A Writer's Life "Slender yet ambitious . . . the author's metacommentary transforms the narrative into a profound meditation on the far-reaching interconnectedness of tragic events." --Publishers Weekly "Sublime, haunting, exuberant, Constellation turns a tragedy into a miracle. In reviving the victims of a doomed 1949 Air France flight, Adrien Bosc writes beautifully about coincidence and fate, including the greatest coincidence at all--that we are alive on earth together for a short time. Constellation is a novel of profound humanity." --Nathaniel Rich, author of Odds Against Tomorrow "[Bosc's] first novel shines . . . The young writer releases the men and women from their unidentified tombs . . . to place them on the best of literary biers. Part fiction, part historical investigation, and part tribute, Constellation is radiant." -- Le Figaro "Adrien Bosc, the author of [ Constellation ] and also the founder of the journals Feuilleton and Desports , dug through archives, investigated through the Internet, unearthed evidence to reproduce the last moments of these prematurely shattered lives." -- L'Express "The writing is clear, brilliant, and streamlined, the construction is wise . . . There is in Bosc a bit of Hergé and of Leibniz." -- Le Nouvel Observateur "[Bosc] weaves together the connections between these people and the events of their times, searches to understand why he started out on this process, halfway between literary journalism and fictional adventure, in this unsolvable investigation where at every turn the fictional fights with the real." -- Libération "Shows great promise...With his Constellation , the fireworks have only just begun." -- Livres Hebdo "[Bosc] has unearthed astonishing biographies . . . Bosc, twenty-eight years old, has already demonstrated a curiosity, and his appetite shows here. A coroner who is attentive to the smallest clues, he searches through the debris, revives the dead, notes the hands of fate." -- Le Point, "Adrien Bosc meticulously and beautifully pieces together the destiny of the 46 passengers aboard the Constellation with a depth of imagination and heart that renders these long lost lives palpably present. It is the work of a gifted and elegant writer, one who seems to instinctually know how to breathe life into a fictional world." --Dinaw Mengestu, author of The Beautiful Things That Heaven Bears "A novel of realism propelled by Bosc's energy and unique imagination. The mysterious plane crash of Constellation in 1949 is revived within the pages of this magical novel." --Gay Talese, author of The Bridge and A Writer's Life "Sublime, haunting, exuberant, Constellation turns a tragedy into a miracle. In reviving the victims of a doomed 1949 Air France flight, Adrien Bosc writes beautifully about coincidence and fate, including the greatest coincidence at all--that we are alive on earth together for a short time. Constellation is a novel of profound humanity." --Nathaniel Rich, author of Odds Against Tomorrow "[Bosc's] first novel shines . . . The young writer releases the men and women from their unidentified tombs . . . to place them on the best of literary biers. Part fiction, part historical investigation, and part tribute, Constellation is radiant." -- Le Figaro "Adrien Bosc, the author of [ Constellation ] and also the founder of the journals Feuilleton and Desports , dug through archives, investigated through the Internet, unearthed evidence to reproduce the last moments of these prematurely shattered lives." -- L'Express "The writing is clear, brilliant, and streamlined, the construction is wise . . . There is in Bosc a bit of Hergé and of Leibniz." -- Le Nouvel Observateur "[Bosc] weaves together the connections between these people and the events of their times, searches to understand why he started out on this process, halfway between literary journalism and fictional adventure, in this unsolvable investigation where at every turn the fictional fights with the real." -- Libération "Shows great promise...With his Constellation , the fireworks have only just begun." -- Livres Hebdo "[Bosc] has unearthed astonishing biographies . . . Bosc, twenty-eight years old, has already demonstrated a curiosity, and his appetite shows here. A coroner who is attentive to the smallest clues, he searches through the debris, revives the dead, notes the hands of fate." -- Le Point
