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Madame Figaro Heroine Grand Prix 2024: here is the fourth selection of books for the competition

This is the fourth selection for our Heroine Grand Prix, which will be awarded in May at the Hotel Raphael in Paris.

French novel. LouisianaBy Julia Mallier

The author: Julia Mallier, born in Paris in 1994, published her first novel. Tocqueville’s bride, at 3 p.m. Since 2018, he has been teaching fiction at Sciences Po.

The book. In 1720, “volunteer” women, including Charlotte, a 12-year-old orphan, selected from the inmates of La Salpetrière prison in Paris, were sent to Louisiana to marry French settlers. Danger, the status of women, and adventure come together with a high level of intensity in this gorgeous novel. IP:

Louisianaby Julia Malye, Éditions Stock, 560 p., €23.90.
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Organic/Experimental. French childhoodBy Farida Khelfa

The author: Fashion major Farida Khelfa is also an actress, director and documentary producer.

The book. In this absolutely powerful story, Farida Khelfa re-immerses herself in her childhood. Poverty, life, in Lyon, in public housing, this family of Algerian immigrants, violence, arriving in Paris and this desire, this courage to find a place under the new sun. A powerful story of resilience and love of life. BB:

French childhoodby Farida Khelfa, Éditions Albin Michel, 256 p., €19.90.
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Comics/graphic novel. A magnificent illusion By Alessandro Tota

The author: Born in Italy in 1982, Alessandro Tota signed his first book in 2010, Land of Welcome, which follows a group of immigrants in Paris and won Best Italian Book at the Treviso Comics Festival.

The book. New York, 1938. Roberta Miller ran away from her native Kansas. Through his tribulations, he became a communist activist and comic book writer, contributing to the superhero wave by creating Dogman… Through his story and the birth of comics, the author mixes social mural, psychedelic dreams, and reflections “art. MTH:

A magnificent illusion, by Alessandro Tota, Éditions Gallimard/Bande Dessinée, 248 pages, €29.90. Translated by Mark Lesage.
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Foreign novel. Guardians From Dahlia de la Cerda

The author: Born in Mexico in 1986, the activist Dalia de la Cerda, who graduated in philosophy, worked in a factory, then as a waitress and saleswoman, before winning the prestigious Premio Nacional de Cuento Joven Comala for this first book.

The book. A young heiress to a drug empire, a housewife, a murdered migrant, a witch, an assassin… these watchdogs are determined to solve their problems on their own. Thirteen linked stories that describe the perils of being a woman in this country. “Mexico is a huge monster that eats women. Mexico is a cemetery of pink crosses. “Mexico is a country that hates women.” CS:

Guardians, Dahlia de la Cerda, Éditions du sous-sol, 240 p., €21.50. Translated by Liz Belperon.
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Source: Le Figaro

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