Librairie Decitre Ecully

Hamnet est le nom du fils de Shakespeare, celui qui a inspiré Hamlet.
C'est l'histoire d'une famille, d'un fils oui, et de sa sœur jumelle, et d'un moment décisif. C'est l'histoire de leur mère, et de sa mère. C'est leur histoire à tous. Chaque brin de leur vie est racontée d'une façon que vous voudrez rester, rester, rester avec eux encore un moment, et en savoir plus.
Maggie O'Farrell, à partir des quelques faits connus de la vie de Shakespeare, les assemble et en fait une histoire si vraisemblable, vous voudrez croire chaque mot.

The title already felt like poetry I wanted to read, and I don't read a lot of poetry, so I bought it.
The cover is brilliant, there are maps and a page for the name of the characters. I thought "perfect!".
Then I started to read
This book is delightfully strange, (and it looked so normal at first...)
It has ghosts with expanding mouths and brave girls, and wandering characters, and mist, and everyone appears crazy and sane at the same time, and again, it is de-light-ful. You won't be able to predict anything, it will take you on a ride, and show you a part of the world you didn't suspect.

Hamnet is the name of Shakespeare's son, the one who inspired Hamlet.
It tells the story of a family, of the son, Hamnet, and his twin sister, and one fateful moment. It tells the story of their mother, and of her mother. It tells the story of our they met. It tells the many stories around them - each an individual, each the main character, each a tiny part of a complex whole.
Each strand of their life is told in such a way that you want to stay, stay, stay with themn and know more.
Maggie O'Farrell took the few facts we have of Shakespeare's life, and assembles them into something so truthfull, you'll want to believe every word.