The Easy Life

''One of the 20th century''s greatest thinkers and prose stylists'' New York Times''A novel of the disquieting contours of family, and of the mind, and of life unceasing even in the midst of death by one of the most important, visionary writers of all time'' Amina Cain, author of Indelicacy WITH A FOREWORD BY KATE ZAMBRENOThere¿s nothing to do about boredom, I¿m bored, but one day I won¿t be bored anymore. Soon I¿ll know that it¿s not even worth the trouble. We¿ll have the easy life.Twenty-five-year-old Francine Veyrenattes, confined to the family farm, already feels that life is passing her by. But after Francine lets slip a terrible secret, culminating in the violent deaths of her brother and uncle, her world is shattered. Fleeing the farm for the seaside, Francine finds herself disintegrating. Lying in the sun with her toes in the sand, she restlessly wishes for things to be somehow easier, to have a life worth living. But then the calm and