La Porte des Enfers
2008
First Published
3.88
Average Rating
260
Number of Pages
When his son is killed by gangsters' crossfire on his way to school, Neapolitan taxi driver Matteo is consumed with despair. An encounter with strangers in a café raises the possibility of bringing young Pippo back from the dead, if they can locate the entrance to the underworld . . .
Avg Rating
3.88
Number of Ratings
1,322
5 STARS
30%
4 STARS
38%
3 STARS
24%
2 STARS
7%
1 STARS
1%
goodreads
Author
Laurent Gaudé
Author · 23 books
Laurent Gaudé est un romancier et dramaturge français. Après avoir été nommé pour le Prix Concourt 2002 avec La mort du roi Tsongor, il a gagné ce prix en 2004 pour son roman Le Soleil des Scorta. He studied theater and has written many dramatic works, among them Onysos le furieux, Cendres sur les mains, Médée Kali, and Le Tigre bleu de l'Euphrate. In 2002 he was shortlisted for the Prix Goncourt for La Mort du roi Tsongor. Two years later, he won the prize for his novel The Scortas' Sun (French: Le Soleil des Scorta).
