Tiphaine Le Gall

La Fille près du feu

August 22, 2024
Novel
352 pages
18,90 €
9782385531140
978-2-3855-3114-0
																Tiphaine Le Gall, La Fille près du feu
																Tiphaine Le Gall, La Fille près du feu

At the age of 17, a young woman abruptly stopped feeling. Despite a long stay in a psychiatric hospital, no remedy could alleviate her unhappiness. Many years later, now in a relationship, a mother of two, and settled into a stable life that anchored her and gave her a sense of security, she began to feel increasingly stifled. Something rose within her like a raging current. She led a life of lies until everything collapsed, bringing an end to the carefully constructed relationship. She was then forced to confront the fragility of her solitude.

In the vein of Deborah Levy and Lionel Duroy, Tiphaine Le Gall reflects on the price of freedom. Her memories, doubts, and hopes lead us to question our own contradictions and hidden fears.

Autofiction in the vein of Deborah Levy
The author

Tiphaine Le Gall was born in 1985 and grew up in Rennes. After changing courses in university, from philosophy to ethnology via English, and a detour through a large Breton bookstore, she devoted herself to literature and became an associate professor of modern literature. Attracted by the infinite expanse of the sea, calm or tumultuous, which offers so much to the imagination, she settled in Brest.

August 22, 2024
Novel
352 pages
18,90 €
9782385531140
978-2-3855-3114-0