Faïza Guène, telling stories to assert oneself

Portrait of the novelist Faïza Guène.

Credit: Camille Millerand

By: Jean-François Cadet Follow

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Faïza Guène returns with Discretion, a new novel published by Plon editions.

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In 2004, with “Kiffe kiffe demain”, Faïza Guène made a sensational entry into the small world of literature.

Overnight, by publishing this first novel full of humor and energy, she became a voice of children from working-class neighborhoods.

The novel has been translated into 26 languages, since then she has written a few more: "Dreams for the Eggs", "The Balto People", "A Man That Doesn't Cry", "Millenium Blues".

Here she is back with a family story, an intimate story that is part of two national stories, that of France and that of Algeria.

A fragmented history, that of three generations of immigrants marked by the memory of colonization, war and exile.

A story sprinkled with all these little things of everyday life that say so much about the origins and the difficulty of feeling fully integrated and accepted.

The novel "Discretion", by Faïza Guène, has been published by Plon editions.

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went to the Theater 14 to see the adaptation of the book -investigation written by journalist Florence Aubenas "Le quai de Ouistreham".

A book that talks about the precariousness of women who cannot be seen, the cleaning ladies.

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