Zade meets Driss in a Parisian café; they are suddenly catapulted into the
world of young love. But tragedy strikes and Zade's brave new world falls
apart. In despair, she retreats to her favourite haunt, Père Lachaise
cemetery, where help appears from an unexpected quarter . . . Zade is an
astonishing debut novel. It brings together the intimate playfulness of
first love, the despair of loss and the irreverent wisdom of some of the
most creative spirits ever to have lived. It is a profound, tender
investigation of love, life, death and memory.