A Hundred Million Years and a Day (Paperback)

from seongeona

Nothing I write can convey the feeling of this story. It's beautiful, dreamlike, poetic, mystic, poignant, bittersweet, tragic, heartbreaking, vivid, delicate, stoic. And that's in translation (I wish I could read French). I felt excitement, apprehension, dread, fear, hope, grief, compassion, hat...

from SamSattler

Jean-Baptiste Andrea is a successful French novelist, screenwriter, and director whose work I have been unaware of until this month's U.S. publication of his second novel, A Hundred Million Years and a Day. Andrea's first novel, Ma Reine (My Queen), won its share of awards, including one for Best...

from Gwnfkt12

Wow. I was so impressed with the writing, especially for a translation from French (or maybe because of?). I had to pause numerous times in reading this book just to absorb the perfection of the words. A story of obsession, it reeled me in from page one with its beautiful prose but kept me intens...

from

"A Hundred Million Years and a Day" is a beautifully written and translated book. Stan tells the story of being 6 years old in 1908 and discovering his first fossil and beginning his passion for paleontology. In his fifties, after a career as a professor in Paris, he hears a rumor of a ‘dragon' s...

from juju2cat

This wonderful book reads like an old classic. The beauty of his words and depth of emotions are timeless. I was immediately drawn into the book when Stan, as a child, made his first fossil discovery. I became a child as well and relived that excitement. One day Stan hears a story from a child pa...