Isidore's unstinting empathy, combined with his simmering anger, makes for a complex character study, in which the elegiac and comedic build toward a heartbreaking conclusion. Register for free to build your own book.

So when tragedy strikes the Mazal family, Isidore is the only one to recognize how everyone is struggling with their grief, and perhaps the only one who can help them-if he doesn't run away from home first. What Should I Read Next Book recommendations for people who like How to Behave in a Crowd by Camille Bordas. But he notices things the others don't, and asks questions they fear to ask. Camille Bordas, author of 'How To Behave in a Crowd'. Isidore has never skipped a grade or written a dissertation. Camille Bordas, author of 'How To Behave in a Crowd', speaks at the Open Book Event at the Penguin Random House offices. The only time they leave their rooms is to gather on the old, stained couch and dissect prime-time television dramas in light of Aristotle's Poetics. Jeremie performs with a symphony, and Simone, older than Isidore by eighteen months, expects a great career as a novelist-she's already put Isidore to work on her biography. Berenice, Aurore, and Leonard are on track to have doctorates by age twenty-four. Summary: A witty, heartfelt novel that brilliantly evokes the confusions of adolescence and. Read more Print length 336 pages Language English Publisher Tim Duggan Books Publication date AugDimensions 5.7 x 1.1 x 8. Isidore Mazal is eleven years old, the youngest of six siblings living in a small French town. With How to Behave in a Crowd, Camille Bordas immerses readers in the interior life of a boy puzzled by adulthood and beginning to realize that the adults around him are just as lost. She’s the author of two first novels in her native French, but wrote and published her third, How to Behave in a Crowd (Crown/Tim Duggan Books) in English.

She was born in France and grew up between there and Mexico. Summary: A witty, heartfelt novel that brilliantly evokes the confusions of adolescence and marks the arrival of an extraordinary young talent. Camille Bordas is a novelist, short story writer, and translator.

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