A year after the publication of Vanessa Springora's book, Gabriel Matzneff publishes "Vanessavirus", in which he reverses the roles and recounts his recent banishment.
Targeted by an investigation for rapes of minors under 15, the writer has self-published his book, for lack of an interested publisher.
It's a little book of 85 pages, just released but not found in bookstores.
Gabriel Matzneff, writer targeted by an investigation for rapes of minors under 15, signs
Vanessavirus
, self-published work for lack of finding an interested publisher.
To have it in hand, it was necessary to be part of the list of trusted persons contacted for a private subscription.
Each copy was sold for 100 euros, 650 if it was signed.
The 200 copies have already been sold.
A book like swan song
At 84, Gabriel Matzneff says he is sick and close to death.
He presents the book as his swan song.
The writer reverses the roles and victimizes himself by recounting the months which followed the publication of Vanessa Springora's book.
In
Le Consentement
, sold 160,000 copies in France alone since January 2020, the publisher recounted her relationship under control in the 1980s, when she was 14 years old with a man who is 35 more, "G" , clearly identifiable as Gabriel Matzneff.
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A tribute to his supporters
In his own book, the writer regrets his recent ban, and evokes without citing his friends who turned their backs on him at the time of the scandal.
He also pays tribute to a list of personalities whom he believes have supported him and remained discreet until then, including Bernard-Henri Lévy, Alain Finkielkraut and Catherine Millet.
Vanessa Springora has already made it known several times that she no longer wanted to hear anything from him.
"No comment," she said of the book when it was announced for release two weeks ago.