Amélie Nothomb on the set of La Grande librairie, in 2019. -

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We could read Amélie Nothomb, soon we will be able to listen to her.

The Belgian author announces this Monday the launch of her first sound documentary series. 

Amélie Nothomb's divine comedy

will be available from February 18 on the Audible platform.

Over the course of the eleven episodes, which she co-wrote with Laureline Amanieux, also producer and director of the project, she will offer a “mythological journey from hell to paradise”.

Or an exploration of the myths and legends of the world (Greek and Latin Antiquity, Scandinavia, Asia…) through literature and the arts.

The descent into Hell to begin

Amélie Nothomb, who says she grew up with mythologies, will address, for example, the descent into Hell, explored in the first episode through the myth of Orpheus,

Dante's

Divine Comedy

and the works of Rodin.

Audible, which has a production studio in Paris, has already launched audio series in French in several genres (fiction, thrillers, humor), a sound recipe program with Cyril Lignac and produces content around universes such as 'A

link

, The

X-Files

or the

Death Note

manga

.

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