On September 5, the members of the prestigious Goncourt Academy selected fifteen novels published during the year. Of these, eight were shortlisted on October 11. The third selection on October 30 further reduced the number of novels in the running, and it's not until November 6 that the overall winner will be announced. Here are reviews and previews of five novels from the first selection, all as rich as they are different.
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