Winner of the Wellcome Book Prize 2017. Longlisted for the Man Booker International Prize 2016. Now a major French film, REPARER LES VIVANTS/HEAL THE LIVING, directed by Katell Quillevere & starring Emmanuelle Seigner. A twenty-four-hour whirlwind of death & life. In the depths of a winter`s night, the heart of Simon Limbeau is resting, readying itself for the day to come. In a few hours` time, just before six, his alarm will go off & he will venture into the freezing dawn, drive down to the beach, & go surfing with his friends. A trip he has made a hundred times & yet, today, the heart of Simon Limbeau will encounter a very different course. But for now, the black-box of his body is free to leap, swell, melt & sink, just as it has throughout the years of Simon`s young life. 5.50 a.m. This is his heart. & here is its story. Translated from the French by Jessica Moore