“Babel” collection
Nina and her parents have invited an underprivileged teenager, Sabine, to share their summer vacation. The guest, who leads Nina into dangerous games, quickly disrupts the family holiday and the parents’ good feelings. A cruel novel with highly poetic precision, by the author of Plein hiver.
Hélène Gaudy was born in 1979. After training in the plastic arts, she worked on a number of projects involving images and landscapes. She has published several novels, including Vues sur la mer (Les Impressions nouvelles, 2006), Plein hiver (Actes Sud, 2014) and Une île, une forteresse (Inculte, 2016). She is a member of the Inculte collective and the editorial board of La Moitié du fourbi magazine. Her latest novel, Un monde sans rivage (Actes Sud), based on the lacunar photographs of lost polar explorers, was shortlisted for the Prix Goncourt and won SCAM’s Prix François Billetdoux in 2019. She teaches in the Master de Création littéraire program at Paris 8.
“Babel” collection
