Artistic director of Maison Julien-Gracq in Saint-Florent-le-Vieil (Mauges-sur-Loire) from 2017 to 2021, Emmanuel Ruben, 43, is also a prolific author who has written around ten books. He is back with a new novel, “Malville” (Éditions Stock), published at the end of August. In it, he tells the story of his youth through his double – the aptly named Samuel Vidouble – on the banks of the Rhône in the Lyon region. It talks about this father who worked at the nuclear power plant that he never talked about, the political disputes and struggles around nuclear power, and, above all, this river conducive to daydreaming.
From Tom Sawyer to Rimbaud…
Emmanuel Ruben invites readers to a literary meeting around his novel, this Thursday, September 19 at 7 p.m. at the Lhériau bookstore (10, place de la Visitation) in Angers. Between a coming-of-age novel and a dystopia,
Malville
explores this peri-urban France of yesterday and tomorrow, as well as the disastrous physical and environmental consequences of our energy choices, which irremediably disrupt our relationship with the world, the earth and the living
says his publisher. In this book woven with literary reminiscences – from Tom Sawyer to Rimbaud – Emmanuel Ruben affirms his passion for geography and for the river, he who now lives on the banks of the Loire in Ingrandes.
“Malville” (Éditions Stock), 265 pages, €20.90.
