About the book: 2015 / Mailis de Kerangal is a famous contemporary author, winner of many literary awards. Her novel “Repairing the Living” was awarded the RTL-Lire 2014 Prize. Critics called this book the author’s best novel: “This book is a true novel, a great novel, an extraordinary novel that puts Mailis de Kerangal on a par with the leading writers of the 21st century.” The action of this work fits into just twenty-four hours, but what hours it is! Young Simon Limbre was involved in a car accident while returning home from surfing. His skull was crushed and he was brain dead. But sophisticated medical equipment still keeps the unconscious body alive. The young man's relatives, who were urgently called, do not want to come to terms with the loss. After all, Simon is still with them, he is breathing, and the head doctor of the hospital asks to give his heart and other organs to patients in need of urgent operations. How can you decide to do this? How to restrain your feelings and pass a terrible verdict? Mailis de Kerangal conducts a difficult conversation with readers about the value of human life, about the debate between the mind and the heart, about the living heart…