Luc includes these stipulations thinking they will incentivize Addie to surrender her soul to him immediately. Luc is clever and scheming, and his deal, Addie realizes, comes with a serious caveat: Addie is immortal, but she’s doomed to be immediately forgotten by everyone she meets. Luc is one of “the gods who answer after dark” that Estele once warned Addie not to pray to. He assumes the appearance of “the stranger” Addie imagined as an adolescent, a handsome man she’d fantasize about at night. The novel’s antagonist, Luc is the demonic entity who grants Addie her freedom and immortality-on the grounds that she surrenders her soul to him once she grows bored of life. Schwab's #1 New York Times Bestselling Author genre-defying tour de force. In the vein of The Time Traveler's Wife and Life After Life, The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue is New York Times bestselling author V.

Thus begins the extraordinary life of Addie LaRue, and a dazzling adventure that will play out across centuries and continents, across history and art, as a young woman learns how far she will go to leave her mark on the world.īut everything changes when, after nearly 300 years, Addie stumbles across a young man in a hidden bookstore, and he remembers her name.

Natalia, ABC Amsterdam staff, October 2020.įrance, 1714: in a moment of desperation, a young woman makes a Faustian bargain to live forever-and is cursed to be forgotten by everyone she meets. Suddenly thrust back into a real, normal life, Addie realises she can't escape her fate forever. Until one day, in a second hand bookshop in Manhattan, Addie meets someone who remembers her. Alone in the world, Addie has no choice but to confront him, to understand him, maybe to beat him. Her only companion on this journey is her dark devil with hypnotic green eyes, who visits her each year on the anniversary of their deal. Existing only as a muse for artists throughout history, she learns to fall in love anew every single day.

Addie flees her tiny home town in 18th-Century France, beginning a journey that takes her across the world, learning to live a life where no one remembers her and everything she owns is lost and broken. When Addie La Rue makes a pact with the devil, she trades her soul for immortality.īut there's always a price - the devil takes away her place in the world, cursing her to be forgotten by everyone. Schwab - Romeo & Juliet meets The Poisonwood Bible in this tale of star-crossed lovers and deals with the devil. Schwab € 25.99 If not in stock, the expected delivery time for this item will be 2-3 weeks.

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