LIFE OR ALMOST A beautiful novel about the power of the free
Paul and Simon, two rather antagonistic brothers, meet Idoya in the 90s, a whimsical young girl who shares with them an obvious passion for literature. Beautiful, original, provocative, Idoya has read everything, and reads them the first three pages of a novel she wrote but which remains unfinished.
Almost life begins in the early 90s, at the end of their childhood, and ends in the middle of the 21st century; which gives him time to chart three destinies at odds with each other.
Born in Bayonne,
He is the author of nine books including Wild Days (Seuil, 2020). With Life or Almost, he writes a beautiful novel about the power of books and the search for happiness. Ample, with sometimes almost lyrical accents, the story is crossed by reflections of rare accuracy on creation, ambition – achieved or disappointed – friendly or fraternal relationships. Each chapter gives the opportunity to discover the creative processes , the attempts, the disillusionment with writing a novel…
Through these three figures, Xabi Molia offers us a lucid, sincere, touching, even sometimes heartbreaking story. on the throes of literary creation.
This novel may appear as a fascinating attempt to answer the question of what it is to write and to show to what extent a single answer does not exist.
Xabi Molia’s novel is a real whirlwind. Barely opened, we are embarked on a journey through literature – which ends in the 2070s, the year which saw Maylis de Karengal obtain the Nobel Prize – from which we emerge with stars in our eyes.
Life or almost, Xabi Mollia, published on 08/19/2024 by Editions du Seuil
