Hervé Le Tellier's “L'Anomalie” is the second best-selling Goncourt in history.
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ALLILI MOURAD / SIPA
The success of
The Anomaly is
not running out of steam.
As reported by RTL on Monday, 631,500 copies of Hervé Le Tellier's novel have been sold since its release.
It thus exceeds the sales figures of the
Bienveillantes
by Jonathan Littell, Goncourt price 2006, sold 618,000 copies.
It became the second best-selling Goncourt after
L'Amant
by Marguerite Duras.
The writer nevertheless keeps a large lead with nearly 1.6 million sales since 1984, reports BFMTV.
"Strong" and "sustained" sales
"It was not easy to be able to overtake
Les Bienveillantes,
which in its time had been a huge success," explained Jean-Charles Grunstein, Gallimard's commercial director, to RTL.
Sales are much stronger and much more sustained than they had been for
Les Bienveillantes,
which sold over a significantly longer time.
"
And the beautiful story shouldn't end there for
The Anomaly
.
According to Gallimard's commercial director, Hervé Le Tellier's novel should sell for between 750,000 and 800,000 copies.
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