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*.
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.
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