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Quentin Perissinotto

QUENTIN PERISSINOTTO

Customer advisor and writer, Quentin Perissinotto is a literary critic for Le Regard Libre.

Jean-Baptiste Del Amo: charred bodies, consumed desires
Literature

Jean-Baptiste Del Amo: charred bodies, consumed desires

written by Quentin Perissinotto

FEATURE: «SEX, WITHOUT INHIBITIONS» | Whether it’s a simple theme, a narrative driver, a motif of subversion, a realm for exploration or reappropriation, sexuality has always been present in literature, and has recently experienced a resurgence in popularity with the rise of chick lit, new romance, and dark romance—first on the Wattpad platform and then on bookstore shelves. The French literary scene features young authors such as Simon Johannin, Pauline Delabroy-Allard, and Arthur Dreyfus, who tackle this subject—without embellishment or pretense—to reveal its raw, natural essence. But there is one novelist who stands out with even greater audacity, combining an extremely classical writing style with a raw, sinister, and unvarnished observation of the carnal and human nature. That novelist is Jean-Baptiste Del Amo with *Une éducation libertine*.

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Guy de Pourtalès, Europe as a literary compass
Literature

Guy de Pourtalès, Europe as a literary compass

By Quentin Perissinotto · August 26, 2022
DOSSIER «VOUS AVEZ DIT EUROPE?», Quentin Perissinotto | Swiss writer, naturalized French but born in Berlin in 1881, Guy de Pourtalès was one of Gallimard's best-selling authors before falling completely into oblivion, in France even more than in Switzerland. Open to Europe and the world, but at the same time attached to his roots, he was constantly torn between different identities, at the margins yet at the heart of different spheres, both social and ideological. In La pêche miraculeuse, published in 1937, Guy de Pourtalès portrays French-speaking society at the turn of the century through the adventures of a young Genevan aristocrat, Paul de Villars. This apprenticeship novel, in the purest tradition of Goethe's Wilhem Meister, gives us a front-row seat to the upheavals of the 20th century, between the tranquil shores of Lake Geneva and the trenches of the Great War.
«Le Voyant d'Etampes», a wokistador novel
Literature

«Le Voyant d'Etampes», a wokistador novel

By Quentin Perissinotto · March 27, 2022
DOSSIER IRONIE, Quentin Perissinotto | «Récent lauréat du prix de Flore, "Le Voyant d’Etampes" est la radiographie de la fracture entre deux générations qui ne se comprennent plus, le portrait de la déliquescence d’une époque, incapable de se confronter à l’effritement de ses illusions et de répondre aux nouvelles préoccupations antiracistes. Un sujet sensible qui se révélera très vite brûlant lorsque l’idéologie woke se chargera de son emballement médiatique. Une dimension sociétale qui transportait dans mon imaginaire de lecteur son escarcelle de traquenards romanesques et de craintes littéraires. Mais comme ce roman traite du cloutage au pilori d’un auteur que l’on n’a pas lu, il aurait été cocasse que j’en fasse de même. Alors soyons résolument dissidents, lisons-le!»