The author who hides behind his four shots is also a journalist. For the holidays, Aude Marzin, who presides over the destinies of a Parisian bookstore specializing in children’s literature, Jeux lis là, recommends reading, Max Tallent, by Mélody Mouret (Auzon editions), from 12 years old. As for Instagrammers, they were all fascinated by the monumental work of Grégoire Bouillier, The heart does not give inpublished by Flammarion.
And roll the quiz!
The writer who tells himself this week in four photos, was born in 1975, in Le Havre, into a family of teachers. Endowed with a solid literary training – DEA in Comparative Literature on end-of-the-century writers… “decadentists” then aggregation of Modern Letters! – he worked during his studies for an English company which commissioned him to create websites in France. Sensing the incredible potential of this new technology, in 1995 he published The Diary of the pissed off. This “blog” before its time, which relates the journey of a young wolf from the provinces who came to conquer Paris, earned him, at only twenty years old, his first celebrity. And his dubbing by some “big names” of the Parisian intelligentsia: Frédéric Beigbeder, Michel Houellebecq, Virginie Despentes and Franz-Olivier Giesbert. Today Deputy Editor-in-Chief of Pointhe has collaborated in the past with many media: from Canal + to France Info via France 2, France 5 and ELLE. In 2002, he published his second novel which takes place in Mount Athos in Greece, Forbidden to all women and all females. Four other titles will follow which will earn him very nice prizes such as the Interallié, the Renaudot for high school students or the Grand Prix du roman de l’Académie française. His latest book, published by Gallimard, is a dystopia that plunges us into 2027, into “a France to flee” sic Paris Matchwho after yet another health crisis has a new president, nicknamed… “Papa.” A whole program in itself! A brilliant, chilling book that we hope is not prophetic. Essential in this fall. Besides, he is in the final for Renaudot and Femina…
“Max Tallent”, big favorite of the bookseller!
Aude Marzin, bookseller at Jeux, lis, là, in Paris, and a great expert in children’s literature, strongly advises us to read Max Tallent, the second novel by Mélody Mourey, published by Auzou. At 18, Max invents lives with each new encounter: parents, archaeologists, astronauts, a lifeguard or guitarist friend, a black belt in judo… As Jane would say, the heaviest and clingiest educator in the foyer, “If mythomania was a country, Max would be President.” “By an extraordinary coincidence, continues Aude Marzin, Max is going to be offered training at the best drama school in Brooklyn surrounded (…) by people who don’t come from the same world as her at all.” Torn between the world of the home in which she lives and that of the theatre, Max, to keep up appearances, never stops partitioning and lying… Until the day when, unable to wear masks any longer, she takes finally the pen to reveal the truth to his loved ones. “A light novel which (…) gives you a breath of fresh air in this somewhat gloomy back-to-school season!” To discover from 12 years old and without age limit!
Bookstagrammers upset by Grégoire Bouillier’s monster book…
In the running for the Femina, The heart does not give in (Flammarion), did not discourage fans of Grégoire Boullier, despite its… 912 pages! August 1985: a model named Marcelle Pichon starves herself to death in her apartment for… forty-five days. “From the diary of this (…) authentic news item Bouillier gives us a bubbling investigation into this woman (…) and the reasons for her death”, explains @lapetitelumière14. Becoming a real private detective, assisted by a clairvoyant and a magnetizer, the author studies his genealogy, excavates archives, immerses us in his childhood in the 1920s, makes us relive his marriage under the occupation, his two divorces, his fashion shows… Despite this painful subject, “The heart does not give in is an effervescent reading experience carried by a writing of a furious vitality”reassures @lapromenade_auphare. “A self-narrative (…) stuffed with brilliant, moving, funny digressions”, specifies @stephaniedupays. In short, a great introspective journey through time and space.