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From the end of August, 524 books will be released in French bookstores. If the figure had not been so low for twenty years for a return to literature, it will still be difficult to sort between 336 French novels and 188 foreigners. So what are the most expected and what are the new kids? Europe 1 helps you to see clearly.
Returning behemoths
First, there is obviously no literary return without Amelie Nothomb. She will be at the rendezvous on 21 August with Soif , at Albin Michel. The author of Métaphysique des tubes surprises this year. The narrator of the story is none other than ... Jesus Christ himself.
The great Jean-Paul Dubois also returns, after three years of absence. He signs All men do not live the world in the same way , Editions of the Olivier. The story of Paul Hansen, in prison for two years in Canada. Flashback: he was a steward in a big hotel. We will understand how he got there.
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Another heavyweight this year is the Nobel Prize for Literature, Patrick Modiano, who returns with Invisible Ink on October 3rd. And then, A part of badminton , Olivier Adam's novel or The USB key , the new Jean-Philippe Toussaint.
Challengers side and foreign literature
Among the challengers who are already beginning to be noticed, there is the presence of Cécile Coulon, Iconoclast, entitled A beast in paradise , or Feel Good , the Belgian author Thomas Gunzig. In foreign literature, American Joyce Carol Oates and Jonathan Coe of Britain are expected.
Finally, the first novelists will be well honored this year: 82 first novels are on the ranks.