CRITICISM – The author depicts a doctor who performs gynecological experiments on women in an asylum in the 19th century. Disturbing.
Like every year, Joyce Carol Oates will appear in the list of bookmakers’ favorites for the Nobel Prize in Literature. Perhaps she will even be, finally, the lucky one, after Jon Fosse in 2023. “Anyone would like to win the Nobel. But it’s an unrealistic price!” When we met her last June in her Paris hotel, the author was there to receive the Fitzgerald Prize. She didn’t look it like that, her eyes tired and her voice low, floating in a little white jacket, but she was happy. “You know, like most authors, I’m happy for any price. This proves to you that we have read you.”
It was also for his latest novel, published by Éditions Philippe Rey, that the author made the trip. Boucher. A title that is at least evocative when we know that it features a medical doctor who carried out gynecological experiments on women in an asylum in the 19th century.e century. However, even before finding her in a boudoir…
This article is reserved for subscribers. You have 80% left to discover.
Do you want to read more?
Unlock all items immediately. No commitment.
Already subscribed? Log in
