Raphaël Rupert

Anatomie de l’amant de ma femme

Anatomy of My Wife’s Lover

August 28, 2018
Novel
200 pages
124 × 180 mm
14 €
9791091504928
979-1-0915-0492-8
																Raphaël Rupert, Anatomie de l’amant de ma femme
																Raphaël Rupert, Anatomie de l’amant de ma femme

A hardworking architect, faithful husband and exemplary father of a family, Raphael has everything of the boring guy next door… But this monotonous existence will take a 180-degree turn the day he decides to give up his work to become a writer just like his wife… His new activity being more difficult than he thought, he spends most of his time watching YouPorn and masturbating or reading his wife’s diaries. The result is a double revelation: sex and writing are intimately linked AND his wife cheats on him with a certain Leon. She even noted about him that his “dick is bigger” than her husband’s.
Feeling a so-called “scientific jealousy”, he starts investigating on his wife’s lover but also on virility. Full of self-derision, the novel ends in part at Lutetia Hotel in an offbeat and disturbing atmosphere that reminds of David Linch’s Blue Velvet. While Anatomy of my wife’s lover contains all the ingredients of a hilarious comedy, its apparent lightness and sometimes off colour humour are accompanied by a powerful reflection on contemporary masculinity.

Prix de Flore 2018
The author

As he approaches middle-age, Raphaël Rupert begins his career as a writer with his first book, showing both great erudition and amusing insolence. He is an inveterate reader of Enrique Vila-Matas, amongst others. This collected and urbane individual is an urban planner by profession.

Strong points

Introspective Woody Allen style character (anti-hero)/hilarious scenes and dialogues.

A reflection on literature and sex that could be transposed to the world of cinema.

August 28, 2018
Novel
200 pages
124 × 180 mm
14 €
9791091504928
979-1-0915-0492-8