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With his book “The geometry of possibilities”, Edouard Jousselin wins the 2024 Novel Prize at the Villeneuve-sur-Lot literary festival.
His face lit up a few seconds after Antoine Duléry began reading the first pages of his work. Edouard Jousselin is therefore the big winner of the 2024 Novel Prize at the Villeneuve festival with “The geometry of possibilities”, published by Rivages.
A book where history weaves its web: “A Between the 1990s and the 2010s, between foggy Morvan and blinding Hollywood, between French vineyards and American desert landscapes, around fifteen characters cross paths, hang out with each other , sometimes link their destinies: an old man haunted by his past under the Occupation, a mother torn between her roots and her affair with a rich film producer, a decadent student, a rising star, a Mexican immigrant who believes in the American dream. , a victim of an attack, an FBI agent… Their ambitions coexist with lies, and fate awaits them at the turn.”
“It’s a very dense, well-constructed and daring book,” revealed Pierre Defendini, the artistic director of the literary festival, during the jury meeting. The latter was, initially, “not in agreement”. “Because everyone had their favorite. But this one stood out for its quality. We chose a very good book. » There is no doubt that the author, born in Montargis in 1989, will be one of the stars of the large bookstore on Place Lafayette during the weekend.
