Pomme is a young and ordinary hairdresser who falls in love with Aimery, a student at the École des Chartes. Too consumed by his own world, he misses out on this love and abandons the young girl.

La dentellière was a roaring success among the masses (1.5 million copies sold on release), and was awarded the Prix Goncourt in 1974.

Claude Goretta adapted the novel into a film in 1977. Pomme’s role was played by Isabelle Huppert. In the film, we see the heroine relentlessly biting into an apple as a reminder of her unrequited love that consumes her existence.
 
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