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This book plunges us into the early history of cinema. As with his first book&nbsp;<em>Saving the furniture&nbsp;<\/em>in 2017,&nbsp;<em>Nitrate&nbsp;<\/em>was published in Gallimard's prestigious \u00abCollection Blanche\u00bb, alongside such French literary monsters as Nobel Prize winners Cl\u00e9zio and Modiano.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We meet the artist in the kitchen of her family home in Granges, near Sierre. Now based in Lyon, the writer is taking advantage of a visit to Switzerland for the Festival international de litt\u00e9rature de Lo\u00e8che-les-Bains to see her parents. And although a meeting with a journalist interferes with this intimate moment, she doesn't seem to mind.<br><br>It has to be said that C\u00e9line Zufferey loves talking about her books. \u00abWe're very much alone when we write. And so we want to share our work with others, and that happens at the time of release,\u00bb she explains, sipping her cup of tea. The pleasure of meeting readers is all the greater now that several years have passed since the release of<em>\u00a0Saving the furniture.<\/em>\u00abFor me, each novel is my last. When I finish writing a novel, I never know if I'll manage to write another,\u00bb notes C\u00e9line Zufferey. \u00abIt took me a long time to find a subject that was close to my heart and that I felt was worth telling\u00bb.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">A forgotten pioneer<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>A subject worth talking about, it's the life of the first female director in the history of cinema, Alice Guy. A woman who did everything in her time: she made hundreds of films, was a director at Gaumont, founded her own production company in the USA... before losing everything. She spent years trying to recover her works, without much success. Then she sank almost completely into oblivion. \u00abShe was a pioneer and pioneers are often forgotten because they started too early and stopped too early too,\u00bb laments C\u00e9line Zufferey. The author chose her title in reference to the cellulose nitrate that made up the first cinema films.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Like her character Constance, the author became so passionate about Alice Guy that she spent a year researching her, meeting historians and collectors and visiting film reserves such as those at the CNC, the French National Center for Cinema and Moving Images. \u00abWhen you're a writer, you have a kind of carte blanche. You can go up to people and say, \u201cI'm interested in what you're doing, can you tell me about it?\u201d In terms of inspiration, it was really very rich.\u00bb<br><br>The result is a treasure hunt for a missing Alice Guy film. But like a detective story, the interest of this book doesn't really lie in the outcome of this investigation. \u00abWhen I came to the end of my year's research into the history of cinema and Alice Guy, I told myself that the research itself was enough. Everything I'd done already provided enough material for this novel\u00bb, explains the author.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Writing in complete freedom<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>The thirty-something is delighted to have been given so much freedom by her publisher. Gallimard never made her feel the urgency to publish this second book. Nor, she says, did she ever feel any personal pressure to produce a sequel to her acclaimed first novel. \u00abI had shown myself that I was capable of writing a novel. I had shown myself that I was capable of going all the way. I was published. All that was left was to keep writing.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Writing, yes, but without a ready-made recipe. For C\u00e9line Zufferey bursts out laughing when asked about her early success. A graduate of the Swiss Literary Institute in Biel\/Bienne, the Valais native considers herself lucky to have met the right people at the right time thanks to her studies. She also stresses the need to bounce back from setbacks. \u00abYou have to move on and tell yourself that it's not the end of the world and that you'll find another way,\u00bb she says.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>With this second novel in her pocket, C\u00e9line Zufferey admits she hasn't yet thought about the future and what it holds for her. \u00abWriting is a bit like jumping into a bottomless pit. The leap isn't very reassuring. Right now, I'm still standing on the edge and wondering whether I'm going to jump or not,\u00bb she concludes with a smile.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Write to the author<em>: <a href=\"mailto:sandrine.rovere@leregardlibre.com\">sandrine.rovere@leregardlibre.com<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h6 class=\"wp-block-heading\">You've just read an open-access portrait. Debates, analysis, cultural news:&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/leregardlibre.com\/en\/subscription\/\">subscribe<\/a>&nbsp;to support us and get access to all our content!<\/h6>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text alignwide is-stacked-on-mobile\" style=\"grid-template-columns:19% auto\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"248\" height=\"364\" src=\"https:\/\/leregardlibre.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/cbc7e693f228ae136f540cf7e46d0bb498aeda07_364_front_248x364.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-519148 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/leregardlibre.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/cbc7e693f228ae136f540cf7e46d0bb498aeda07_364_front_248x364.jpeg 248w, https:\/\/leregardlibre.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/cbc7e693f228ae136f540cf7e46d0bb498aeda07_364_front_248x364-204x300.jpeg 204w, https:\/\/leregardlibre.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/cbc7e693f228ae136f540cf7e46d0bb498aeda07_364_front_248x364-102x150.jpeg 102w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 248px) 100vw, 248px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p><strong>Blanche<br><em>Nitrate<\/em><\/strong><br><strong>Editions Gallimard&nbsp;<br>2023&nbsp;<br>208 pages&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/www.payot.ch\/Detail\/nitrate-celine_zufferey-9782072999727\">Order the book<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Elle avait fait sensation en publiant son premier roman chez Gallimard \u00e0 seulement 25 ans. 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