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On the occasion of the release of her latest novel “Jour de resac”, the author still in the running for the Goncourt will be present Friday in Conques, then Saturday in Rodez and Espalion.
In her latest novel “Jour de ressac” (Vertical editions), shortlisted for the Goncourt prize, which will be awarded on November 4, Maylis de Kerangal delivers a fiction that takes her back to Le Havre, the city of her youth. A phone call from the police who found her number in the pocket of a man found dead on the beach and here she is plunged back into a city where she has not been for several years… A book that comes a little closer of her, where for the first time, the one who definitely stood out with “Repairing the Living” (around ten literary prizes), “Corniche Kennedy” or “Birth of a Bridge” (Prix Médicis), has decided to speak in the first person.
“I think she likes coming to Conques”
And this Friday, it is to a haven of peace that she returns, as she had promised to Marie-Geneviève Fau, from the Chemin d’encre bookstore in Conques. “I think she likes coming to Conques”smiles the bookseller, the originator of his visit. “I met her in the summer of 2023, she opened the door to the bookstore. We talked a little and I told her that I would like her to come. She told me that she was going out soon a new novel I called her back and she said yes straight away. I’m really delighted.says Marie-Geneviève Fau. She will welcome him this Friday at 6 p.m. at the Maison de Conques, at the entrance to the village.
A chance when we know the many requests to which she must respond. It was a great opportunity for Aveyron readers to take advantage of his presence in the region throughout the weekend.
As in Conques, where we pulled out all the stops, it is at the auditorium of the Fenaille museum that the Maison du livre de Rodez will welcome her this Saturday at 11 a.m. before she is received at the Rex cinema d’Espalion at 6 p.m. where, with the Pont Virgule bookstore, she will participate in the evening “A book, a film”. Before, undoubtedly, enjoying a Sunday in Aveyron. In complete peace of mind before, who knows, the media whirlwind of Goncourt!
