Here’s the second pick for our Heroine Grand Prize, which will be awarded in May at the Hotel Raphael in Paris.
French novel. Making a wifeBy Marie Dariesek
The author: With each book Marie Dariesek invents a new form, but with each book we can recognize her simplicity and humor.
The book. Back to the fictional village of Clive (2011), a 15-year-old and pregnant Solange chooses to travel to Paris. She will become an actress. Her friend Rose marries her childhood sweetheart and becomes a psychologist. The author tenderly watches her two heroines grow up, and therein lies one of the great strengths of this novel of love and life.
Dove Schneck
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Organic/Experimental. column By Beata Umubiyi Mayress
The author: Beata Umubyeyi Mairesse was born in 1979 in Rwanda. His two previous novels won literary awards.
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The book. Tootsie was 15 years old on June 18, 1994, when she was rescued by a humanitarian convoy in Rwanda, filmed by the BBC. For a long time he hoped to see his image, but it was not possible. But he managed to find the man leading this convoy just before he died. It was at that moment that he decided to travel through this word that crushes everything and that could in turn bury him: “genocide”.
Dove Schneck
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Comics/graphic novel. Germain Cellier, By Beatrice Egemar and Sandrine Revel
Authors: Already the author of a trilogy dedicated to the history of perfume, Béatrice Egemar found in Sandrine Revel the ideal designer for this beautiful album dedicated to the first female “nose”.
The book. In post-war France, the gifted Germaine Cellier created fragrances that broke all the codes: Vent Vert, Bandit, Fracas… A destiny set in a design with great elegance and magnificent colors.
Minh Tran Hui
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Foreign novel intimate life By Niccolò Ammaniti
The author: Born in Rome, 1966, received the Viareggio Prize for the novel I’m not afraidthen Strega price for As God wills. He is also a director of successful serials, The miracle And Anna:
The book. When you are the most beautiful woman in the world and the wife of the president of the Italian council, all it takes is one intimate video for life to become a nightmare. How will Maria Cristina, the heroine of this funny and fierce novel, fare in a stunning portrait of our times in heady Rome?
Bernard Babkin
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Source: Le Figaro
