ONE MAN ONE VOICE – True to form, the author of Barbarian Wedding returns with a beautiful, harsh and brutal novel in which, for the first time, a soothed and reconciled vision of the family emerges.
This article was originally published in Figaro Magazine
Age has no hold on him. Which is why he remains true to his reputation as a writer who lifts his elbows with gusto, in the manner ofa Breton fisherman who disembarks in a sailors’ bar during a night’s stopover. Yann Queffélec has a strong chest. Literally and figuratively. And, like most people of the sea, he has a talent for making up stories and then telling them. Among today’s French writers, he is one of the few who considers it polite not to reveal his life to the reader. A question of upbringing, since he is the son ofHenri Quefféleca writer renowned for his rigor and intransigence.
In fact, Queffélec’s best novels are often about the conflicting relationships between father and son, with a younger brother who is the favorite. Variations on the parable of the prodigal son, with the violence of the characters and the suffering of the…
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