CRITICAL – A ruined man decides to lie to his family about his financial condition. A fascinating novel about free will.
“What does it mean to be free? Are we not always a slave, if not to our past and our wounds, then at least to our desires, our aspirations? A few years ago, when we met Valérie Tong Cuong, the question of determinism was already major in her work. “It’s a question that haunts me: how do we free ourselves from assignments? Is this really possible, and at what cost? She explored human behavior, lies and the cowardice of men with a psychologist’s eye and a clinical pen. With Aerobaticsthe author pushes reflection even further on the question of free will.
The book begins in the cozy lounge of a sixteenth floor. Eddie, 32, hears his deceased father’s will, and discovers he has another brother, Ernest. His mother doesn’t seem to know. However, his parents were fused. Could this child have been hidden from him? Valérie Tong Cuong sets up her pawns. Eddie graduated from a great school, his career…
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