First edition (publ. Albin Michel)

Journal d'Hirondelle is a novel by Belgian writer Amélie Nothomb. The book, marking Nothomb's 15th novel, was first published in 2006 by Albin Michel. .^{[1][2][3][4][5]} It spans a total of 137 pages.

Plot Summary

A young courier, whose identity is unknown, has just suffered a heartache. He no longer feels anything, and loses the pleasure of his senses, emotions and of the sexual act. Looking for a way to regain his lost feelings, he changes his identity, renames himself Urbain and becomes a contract killer. He then succeeds in regaining what he lost.

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