CEvery year for 27 years, the Wepler-Fondation La Poste prize rewards an unclassifiable contemporary literary work, and salutes the audacity and singularity of a second title by awarding a special mention. This year the 2024 jury of the prize has chosen to reward Thomas Clerc for his novel Paris, 21st century museume century. The eighteenth arrondissement (Midnight) and to distinguish Célestin de Meeûs for his novel Mythology of.12 (basement editions).
THE Evening Books had pinned the book by Thomas Clerc: “When he surveys his 18e Parisian district, an infinite number of worlds open up to us, through meetings, performances, panoramic or tracking shots, moments tinged with humor. »
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As for Célestin de Meeûs, the Livres applauded his Mythology of. 12 : “It’s the story of a bore. Paranoid. Of a fear. The first novel by Célestin de Meeûs is fascinating. Sharp as a 12 gauge.” This Mythology is one of the finalists for the Prix Rossel. It is therefore one of the five best Belgian novels of the year.
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