pbOne of Bill Gates' Five Best Summer Readsb pbThe basis for the critically-acclaimed film, iHeal the Livingi, directed by bbKatell bbQuill v r and starring Tahar Rahim and Emmanuelle Seignerb pbAlbertine Prize Finalistb pbWinner of the bbWellcome Book Prize and the bbFrench-American Foundation Translation Prizeb pJust before dawn on a Sunday morning, three teenage boys go surfing. While driving home exhausted, the boys are involved in a fatal car accident on a deserted road. Two of the boys are wearing seat belts one goes through the windshield. The doctors declare him brain-dead shortly after arriving at the hospital, but his heart is still beating. piThe Heart itakes place over the twenty-four hours surrounding the resulting heart transplant, as life is taken from a young man and given to a woman close to death. In gorgeous, ruminative prose, it examines the deepest feelings of everyone involved as they navigate decisions of life and death. pAs stylistically audacious as it is emot