# Intersection (novel)

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{{short description|1967 novel by Paul Guimard}}
{{Infobox book
| name              = Intersection
| image             = File:Intersection_(novel).jpg
| caption           = 
| author            = [Paul Guimard](/source/Paul_Guimard)
| translator        = [Shaun Whiteside](/source/Shaun_Whiteside)
| title_orig        = Les Choses de la vie
| country           = France
| language          = French
| publisher         = [Éditions Denoël](/source/%C3%89ditions_Deno%C3%ABl)
| pub_date          = 1967
| english_pub_date  = 1994
| pages             = 167
}}
'''''Intersection''''' is a 1967 novel by the French writer [Paul Guimard](/source/Paul_Guimard). Its French title is '''''Les Choses de la vie''''', which means "the things of life". It tells the story of a lawyer who has a serious car accident and lies in bed at a hospital, where he is unable to communicate but hears the people around him, as he remembers his life up until the accident. The book was published in English in 1994, translated by [Shaun Whiteside](/source/Shaun_Whiteside).<ref>{{Cite book|title=Intersection|oclc=30438937 }}</ref> It received the [Prix des libraires](/source/Prix_des_libraires) in 1968.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.prix-des-libraires.fr/laureats-prix-des-libraires.html|title=Liste des lauréats du Prix des Libraires|language=French|work=prix-des-libraires.fr|publisher=Fédération Française des Syndicats de Libraires|accessdate=2015-04-24}}</ref>

==Adaptations==
The novel was the basis for [Claude Sautet](/source/Claude_Sautet)'s 1970 film ''[The Things of Life](/source/The_Things_of_Life)'', starring [Romy Schneider](/source/Romy_Schneider) and [Michel Piccoli](/source/Michel_Piccoli). Sautet's film was remade in the United States as ''[Intersection](/source/Intersection_(1994_film))'', released in 1994.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.afi.com/members/catalog/DetailView.aspx?s=&Movie=60172|title=Intersection|work=[AFI Catalog of Feature Films](/source/AFI_Catalog_of_Feature_Films)|publisher=[American Film Institute](/source/American_Film_Institute)|accessdate=2015-04-24}}</ref>

==References==
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Category:1967 French novels
Category:French novels adapted into films
Category:Éditions Denoël books
Category:1960s French-language novels

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