What is No et moi about?

A school research project brings brainy Lou, aged thirteen, into contact with the plight of the homeless. On the way home one day, she crosses paths with Nora, an eighteen-year-old girl who lives off handouts and looks for cigarettes in the trash at the Austerlitz Station, along with two other kids and a dog.

What happened at the end of No et moi?

Finally, however, we find out that Loïc was never there. Eventually, it is only No who quietly slips away, leaving No behind, restoring both of them to their ‘proper’ places and usual lives. It is a heartbreaking ending that throws into light the grand themes of the novel.

What happened to NO in NO and me?

Bit by bit, Lou and No become friends until, the project over, No disappears. Heartbroken, Lou asks her parents the unaskable question and her parents say: Yes, No can come to live with them. Heartbroken, Lou asks her parents the unaskable question and her parents say: Yes, No can come to live with them.

How old is no in No et moi?

No is an eighteen year old homeless girl who lives on the streets on Paris. She spends a lot of time at the train station but she can never stay in one place to long in fear of getting caught.

Is No et moi set in Paris?

So the ville invisible is the same city in which everyone else lives (Paris, in Lou’s case), but it is the city made up of homeless people.

Who wrote No et moi?

Delphine de Vigan
No and me/Authors
 is article analyses empathy in two contemporary French novels, No et moi () and Les Heures souterraines (), by the prize-winning author Delphine de Vigan, which depict the limits of empathy and compassion in modern Parisian society through tropes of alienation, poverty, and cruelty.

What genre is no Etmoi?

Fiction
No and me/Genres

Is the book No et moi French a level?

No et Moi is a novel by Delphine de Vigan studied at French A level. I have great experience helping my students study for their French A level exams and supporting them with their long essays. When it comes to writing an essay for your french A level, it is a good idea to have a summary of each chapter for the books you study.

What was the plot of No et moi?

Lou doesn’t have many friends and she has a keen sense of what’s wrong in the world. She has to give a presentation about a young homeless woman and she’s already spotted a potential candidate at the Gare d’Austerlitz.

How to read No et moi by Delphine de Vigan?

DOWNLOAD | READ No et moi (2007) by Delphine de Vigan in PDF, EPUB formats. review 1: I chose to read this book due to an assignment for English on homelessness. I stumbled along this book and it was perfect because: one, I love France: two, I find the subject of homelessness very interesting.

Who is the Invisible City in no et moi?

‘La ville invisible’ (the invisible city) is the metaphor that introduces the final section of Lou’s presentation to her class in Delphine de Vigan’s No et moi. The novel reproduces the section in full (in fact, it’s the only part of Lou’s speech that the book does include).