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Title	:	Hunting and Gathering
Author	:	Anna Gavalda
Book Format	:	Paperback
Book Edition	:	Anniversary Edition
Pages	:	Pages: 488 pages
Published	:	April 3rd 2007 by Riverhead Books (first published 2004)
Categories	:	Fiction. Cultural. France. Contemporary. Romance

Hunting and Gathering

Anna Gavalda

Paperback | Pages: 488 pages

Rating: 4.11 | 16079 Users | 1265 Reviews

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Camille is doing her best to disappear. She barely eats, works at night as a cleaner and lives in a tiny attic room. Downstairs in a beautiful, ornate apartment, lives Philibert Marquet de la Durbellière, a shy, erudite, upper-class man with an unlikely flatmate in the shape of the foul-mouthed but talented chef, Franck. One freezing evening Philibert overcomes his excruciating reitcence to rescue Camille, unconscious, from her garret and bring her into his home.

As she recovers Camille learns more about Philibert; about Franck and his guilt for his beloved but fragile grandmother Paulette, who is all he has left in the world; and about herself. And slowly, this curious quartet of misfits all discover the importance of food, friendship and love.

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Original Title:	Ensemble, c'est tout
ISBN:	159448144X (ISBN13: 9781594481444)
Edition Language:	English
Characters:	Camille, Franck, Philibert, Paulette
Setting:	Paris(France)

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Ratings: 4.11 From 16079 Users | 1265 Reviews

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This book was recommended to me by a friend. She really loves it and spoke of it very warmly, so when she brought it back for me to borrow and read I couldn't say no. It is a very sweet story of four very different, but equally lost lives intertwining and impacting each other. There's also a bit of romance, but it's the good kind. In fact, this book is a wonderful look into the kinds of relationships that exist in the world - friendship, family, romance, be it what it may. It starts out really

I'm not great at reading contemporary novels for some reason. I think in a lot of ways I expect too much out of them, especially when I compare them to so many of their predecessors (totally unfair of me, I know, but that's how I roll). I usually see so much room for improvement, or "had this been tweaked just a bit..."'s, that I wind up wondering what everyone makes such a fuss about.I don't wonder as much with this book. It's charming. It's heartbreaking in parts. It actually punched me in the

This is one of the best fiction books I've read in a long time -- the emotions captured in this novel are superb. I got so caught up in this book that I felt a huge let down when it was over. The weaving of the characters lives together speaks to some of the universal struggles of human existence, family, history, loneliness, connection, love in a very real and effortless way. Simply beautiful.

I really enjoyed this book until about two-thirds of the way into it when it started to get predictable and I could easily picture it being made into a romantic comedy film (which it was made into in France, unfortunately). Don't get me wrong, I'm not a hater of romance or comedy or even romantic comedies. I just don't like it when they're predictable because it's formulaic and not very challenging to me as a story.It starts off with Camille, who I really did sympathize with as this waif genius

The only complaint I have about this book is that I can't speak (or read) fluent French yet, and so it'll be a while before I can read the original. A masterpiece.(This happens to be approximately the 10th time I've read the point in the past year or so, and my opinion still hasn't changed)

A beautifully written novel about a guartet of miss fits who come together and discover friendship ,food and love!Difficult to put down, enjoyable, well paced and engaging.Wonderful characters who will stay with me for a long time!

3.5When it was good, it was marvelous and when it was bad, it was supremely boring.Here's how it went-I think I should backtrack a bit. When it was bad, it was supremely boring and eye-roll-inducing and happy.It's amazing how a book that starts off with such depressing characters in such deep shits can end so happily and hoppy-go-lucky-ily. With any other book, it would have been uncouth and it would not compute. But in Hunting and Gathering, it fits just perfectly. No plot, no story, just plain