Hunting and gathering - The book or the film?

I find it interesting with books that are made into films (that's why I bring it up so many times here) but I try to read the book first, as most of the time I find the book is better.
In my last post, I wrote about the book Hunting and Gathering by Anna Gavalda and the evening I finished the book I also saw the film (with the same name). The film stars one of my favourite actresses Adurey Tautou and had I seen just the film, I think I would have liked it more, but as always with making films from a book, cuts are made.
Unfortunately the film lost so many of the small nuances Gavalda is so good at portraying that make the three main characters more complex. What I missed the most were Camille's painting, there was so much more emotions in her paintings and I would have loved to see Mamadou's full outfit when she finally comes to sit for Camille.
Josefine

Title: Hunting and gathering Author: Anna Gavalda ISBN: 978-91-0-010605-4

Hunting and Gathering

Oh, these French authors, they have a way of playing with language, words and sentences. I wish my French was better because I suspect there are nuances that doesn't quite make it through the translation.
Hunting and gathering by Anna Gavalda (The title in English does not sound as poetic as the French Ensmble, c'est tout loosely translated Together, that's all, or in Swedish, Tillsammans är man mindre ensam, loosley translated Together you're less alone) is my first book of this writer, but I am already looking forwards to read more from her.
I am also looking forward to see the film with Audrey Tautou, but more about that in the next post.
Josefine

Title: Hunting and gathering Author: Anna Gavalda ISBN: 978-91-0-010605-4