''Not Everybody Lives the Same Way'' () is a novel by the French writer

Jean-Paul Dubois Jean-Paul Dubois (born 1950 in Toulouse, Haute-Garonne) is a French journalist and author. He won the Prix Goncourt in 2019 for '' Tous les hommes n'habitent pas le monde de la même façon'' ("All Men Do Not Inhabit This World in the Same Way"), ...

, published in 2019. An English translation by

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was published in 2022 by

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(UK) and

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(US). The novel received the 2019

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Content

The novel tells the story of Paul Hansen, who has been incarcerated for two years in the provincial

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, Quebec, Canada.

Reception

On 4 November 2019, the novel received the

. Dubois won in the second round of voting, with six votes against four for Belgian writer

Amélie Nothomb Baroness Fabienne Claire Nothomb (), better known by her pen name Amélie Nothomb (; born 13 August 1967),''État présent de la noblesse belge'', éditions of 1979, 1995 and 2010. Her birth is announced in n° 87, aout 1967, p. 340 of the ''Bull ...

's novel ''Soif''. Philippe Claudel, one of the jurors of the prize, called the novel a masterpiece, "full of humanity, melancholy, irony." The

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news agency called it "an affecting and nostalgic novel of lost happiness." The French magazine ''L'Obs'' called it "basically perfect." The novel was also awarded the Prix Ginkgo du Livre Audio, for the audio version read by Jacques Gamblin.

Awards

* 2019

* 2020 Prix Ginkgo - Le Livre sur la Place - Ville de Nancy

References

2019 French novels French-language novels Prix Goncourt winning works Novels set in Canada Novels set in Montreal Novels set in prison Novels set in the 20th century Novels set in the 21st century MacLehose Press books The Overlook Press books {{2010s-novel-stub

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