poison

Tuesday's books - Anaïs Sierro

After a mature project on belladonna and its intriguing duality: to heal or to kill, I was drawn to the title of this book. I'm familiar with the effects of atropine, its active ingredient. Theoretically. But here Hervé Bougel was proposing, through this simple but equivocal title, that I get to know them in human terms. The effects on those around me, experienced by and through the eyes of a child, the author. An author, incidentally, little known to the general public.