Le Regard Libre N° 84 – Elliot Mazzella
Each month, Le Regard Libre publishes young Swiss author Elliot Mazzella's novel Le retour, in the form of fifteen episodes. A return to fiction in these pages, a return to the old tradition of the serial novel.
Joseph's return does not go according to plan. Expecting a hero's welcome, the young man is lynched on the doorstep of his native village. After a brief deliberation, the men decide to put him up with the widow Agathe. This sudden appearance seems to stir up old sorrows within her. Joseph learns that his father, Stéphane, was once loved by the widow.
On entend des bruits de pas, le piétinement des hommes dans le corridor; ils sont deux, peut-être trois. On entre dans la chambre de Joseph, la porte est presque sortie de ses gonds; les hommes sont furieux.
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