The author will be present at the Book Fair Saturday afternoon and Sunday at booth L13 as well as Saturday at 3:30 p.m. at the Alain Gazeau forum for a conference hosted by journalist Olivia Gesbert.
The winner of the Goncourt prize is the one who sells the most books at the Fair. Very often, his books are sold out by Saturday evening! This represents approximately 900 copies sold.
François DavidGeneral Commissioner of the Brive Book Fair
Other Goncourt 2024 finalists, Gaël Faye (kiosk L8) and Sandrine Colette to present “The Mask” (kiosk L21, Friday afternoon, Saturday and Sunday morning) will also be on site.
Awarded in the wake of the Goncourt, this Monday, the Renaudot prize goes to Gaël Faye for “Jacaranda” (ed. Grasset). The author had already come to the Brive Book Fair for the release of “Little Country” (ed. Grasset) in 2016, a novel for which he received the Goncourt from high school students. In this first work, Gaël Faye recounted the 1994 genocide of the Tutsis in Rwanda through the eyes of a child from Burundi.
In “Jacaranda”it is a Franco-Rwandan who goes to Kigali while the country is trying to rebuild itself.
To meet Gaël Faye, head to the L8 kiosk Friday afternoon and all day Saturday. A meeting with the author is also planned after a musical reading of “Jacaranda” given Friday evening, at 8:30 p.m., at the Jean d’Ormesson-Théâtre space. Free, without reservation.
Houris by Kamel Daoud, just like Jacaranda by Gaël Faye, are two very strong books. They evoke reconciliation, forgiveness.
François DavidGeneral Commissioner of the Book Fair
A few days ago, on October 29, the December prize revealed its winner. Among the eleven novels selected, “The Bastion of Tears” (ed. Julliard) by Abdellah Taïa won over the jury. “From Hassan II's Morocco to today, Abdellah Taïa signs the great novel of a life, that of an exiled, homosexual, returning among his family in Salé, his hometown”, presents the Book Fair on its site.
This year, Abdellah Taïa also won the French Language Prize, created by the City of Brive in 1986, for all of his work.
If you would like a dedication from the author, you will have to go to the Fair on Saturday, the only day he will be present, booth L23. A meeting with the Moroccan author is planned at the Labenche museum, Saturday at 10:30 a.m.
Among the 400 invited authors, here is another one who should not be missed this year: Miguel Bonnefoy. The Franco-Venezuelan author won the prestigious Novel Prize from the Académie française for his novel “The Dream of the Jaguar” (ed. Payot and Rivages) between family saga and history of Venezuela. Miguel Bonnefoy welcomes visitors Saturday afternoon and Sunday at kiosk L3. A meeting with the writer Guillaume Périlhou is planned for Saturday at 5 p.m., at the Claude Duneton forum.
The Femina Prize will be awarded this Tuesday, November 5 by a jury made up of women. “He’s the only one we miss”grows impatient François David. The general commissioner is hopeful that the winner will also be in Brive this weekend. “Approximately 70% of the authors in the running are expected to be with us… We don't make predictions, but with all these prizes present, it promises to be a great edition.”
All this week and until Sunday, find special pages live from your local Pays de Corrèze, on ICI12/13 and 19/20 Limousin and NOA, special broadcasts live from the Brive Free Fair, in the presence of the president of the event Jérôme Gracin, authors (including Gaël Faye, Friday 8 from 7:15 p.m.) and political figures.
