Luc Chomarat

Le livre de la rentrée

August 24, 2023
240 pages
9782385530044
978-2-3855-3004-4
																Luc Chomarat, Le livre de la rentrée
																Luc Chomarat, Le livre de la rentrée

A portrait of a modern, active, rebellious woman who breaks the rules, that’s what all publishers want for the upcoming literary season. And for Delafeuille, finding the book that will be centre of attention in September is vital if he wants to keep his job. Against all commercial logic, the novel that really attracts him is that of Luc, a slightly misogynistic author to whom he has long been linked. The writer has decided to devote his text to his wife, Delphine, who when Delafeuille meets in real life becomes his obsession. However, everyone—an unscrupulous sales manager, a philosophical bookseller, an inspired student—is there to remind him of the rules of the game: there is no chance that this story will end in a romance between the publisher and the author’s wife.

Le livre de la rentrée paints a funny and acidic portrait of our times, its struggles and its fashions. In this novel where reality and fiction intermingle, Luc Chomarat plays with literature and offers us a hymn to reading and the imagination.

Shortlisted for Le Prix des Deux Magots
The author

Luc Chomarat published his first novel at the age of twenty-two, earning himself a place on the Literary Magazine’s list of most promising authors. Also a translator of Jim Thompson, he first made his mark in noir literature and received the Grand Prix de littérature policière for his novel Un trou dans la toile in 2016 (Rivages). He published Le Polar de l’été (2017) and then Le dernier thriller norvégien (2019) at La Manufacture de livres.

August 24, 2023
240 pages
9782385530044
978-2-3855-3004-4