Label: French Literature

«The Return», unpublished novel, episode 9

After Joseph's attack, Pierre still hasn't returned to the village. Simeon, who brought the stranger's body home as if it were his own son, seems worried. Joseph, meanwhile, lies in a room where Leila keeps watch. She knows that her father had something to do with the death of her old flame.
Apocalypse in prose: has the worst happened or is it yet to come?

Apocalypse in prose: has the worst happened or is it yet to come?

When you think of the end of the world in literature, two things immediately spring to mind: Joël Dicker or the great dystopias. It's neither of these that we're going to discuss here. In the same way that fantasy and science fiction are intimately linked to the apocalyptic vision of humanity, so-called «white» literature is also increasingly taking up the subject. And if the world is being turned upside down, the two novels we're going to look at are also turning the reader upside down. Each in its own way.
Jean-Baptiste Del Amo: charred bodies, consumed desires

Jean-Baptiste Del Amo: charred bodies, consumed desires

DOSSIER «LE SEXE, SANS COMPLEXE» | Qu’elle soit une simple thématique, un moteur narratif, un motif de subversion, un terrain d’exploration ou de réappropriation, la sexualité a toujours été présente dans la littérature, jusqu’à connaître un regain de popularité avec l’essor de la chick lit, de la new et dark romance, d’abord sur la plateforme Wattpad puis dans les rayons des librairies. On retrouve parmi la scène littéraire française de jeunes auteurs comme Simon Johannin, Pauline Delabroy-Allard ou Arthur Dreyfus, qui s’emparent de ce sujet, sans ornementation ni parade, pour en révéler tout son naturel brut. Mais il est un romancier qui s’affirme avec encore plus d’audace, alliant une écriture d’une coloration extrêmement classique à une observation crue, sinistre et sans fard du charnel et de la nature humaine. Ce romancier-là, c’est Jean-Baptiste Del Amo avec «Une éducation libertine».