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The life of Elves / Muriel Barbery ; translated from the French by Alison Anderson.

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Field name	Details
ISBN	9781925498288 (pbk.)
ISBN	192549828X (pbk.)
Name	Barbery, Muriel, 1969- author.
Uniform title	Vie des elfes. English
Title	The life of Elves / Muriel Barbery ; translated from the French by Alison Anderson.
Published	Melbourne, Victoria Text Publishing Company, 2017.
Published	©2015
Description	258 pages ; 20 cm.
Notes	Translated from the French.
Notes	La vie des elfes was originally published French in 2015 by Éditions Gallimard.
Summary	Do two young girls have the power to change the world? Maria, raised by powerful older women, lives in a remote village in Burgundy, where she discovers her gift of clairvoyance, of healing and of communicating with nature. Hundreds of miles away in Italy, Clara discovers her musical genius and is sent from the countryside to Rome to nurture her extraordinary abilities. Who are the mysterious elves? Will they succeed in training the girls for their higher purpose in the face of an impending war?
Subjects	Girls -- Fiction
	Elves -- Fiction
	Fairies -- Fiction
	French fiction -- Translations into English.
Genre	Fantasy fiction
Other Names	Anderson, Alison translator.
Links to Related Works	Subject References: Elves -- Fiction . Fairies -- Fiction . Fantasy fiction . French fiction -- Translations into English . Girls -- Fiction . See Also: Fiction . Ghost stories . Science fiction . Authors: Anderson, Alison . Barbery, Muriel, 1969- .