Under the presidency of journalist and writer Jérôme Garcin, the 42nde he whirlwind edition registers record attendance. And makes the city of Correze the other capital of books and great authors. Here’s a report.
In Brive, it’s at the end of the Fair that we count the books sold. Sunday at 2.30pm, just a few hours before the end of the Correze event, Kamel Daoud, new Prix Goncourt winner with Houris (Gallimard) is neck and neck with the regional winner, Christian Signol. 900 novels each. Behind her black square-rimmed glasses, a distinguished lady is looking for the Gaël Faye. She imagined that the Prix Renaudot, 650 sales in three days, would be better off than at the end of the row, in the Grasset corner. Olivier NorekPrix Jean Giono and Miguel BonnefoyPrix Femina and Prix de l’Académie française, complete the quinté, with sales of 470 and 420 copies respectively, well ahead of their rivals.
This 42e his year’s edition didn’t get off to the best of starts. Although the “cholesterol train” that brings the literary world to the Cité Gaillarde every autumn arrived safely, the SNCF cancelled some of its services over the weekend, leading to…
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