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Class Trip (novel)

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Class Trip
AuthorEmmanuel Carrère
Original titleLa Classe de neige
TranslatorLinda Coverdale
LanguageFrench
PublisherÉditions P.O.L
Publication date
1995
Publication placeFrance
Published in English
1997
Pages176
ISBN978-2-86744-477-7

Class Trip (French: La Classe de neige) is a 1995 novel by the French writer Emmanuel Carrère. It takes place during a school ski trip where a 10-year-old boy has feverish anxiety about the organ thieves his father has warned him about. It was published in English in 1997.[1]

The book was awarded the Prix Femina.[2]

It was adapted into the film Class Trip which won the Jury Prize at the 1998 Cannes Film Festival.[3]

References

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  1. ^ Hawthorne, Mary (2 February 1997). "Cold Comfort". The New York Times. Retrieved 1 October 2023.
  2. ^ "Class Trip". Publishers Weekly. 29 March 1999. Retrieved 1 October 2023.
  3. ^ "Le grand retour de Claude Miller". Le Parisien (in French). 23 September 1998. Retrieved 1 October 2023.
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