Caryl Férey, the writer who is not afraid of anything

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Writer Caryl Ferey in studio at RFI (March 2021).

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By: Catherine Fruchon-Toussaint

32 min

Caryl Férey writes black novels whose action takes place most often abroad: "Haka" and "Utu" in New Zealand, "Zulu" in South Africa, "Mapuche" in Argentina, "Condor" in Chile and “Paz” in Colombia.

Six titles which have just been republished in pocket, in the Folio collection, at Gallimard.

He is also the author of a series devoted to the one-eyed investigator Mc Cash.

Breton at heart, living in Paris, he also writes for cinema, theater, radio, youth, and participates in travel magazines.

His new novel entitled "Lëd", published by Les Arènes, takes place in Siberia.

Publicity

"Norilsk is the northernmost and most polluted city in Siberia in the world. In this dantesque universe where the northern lights follow one another, temperatures can drop below 60 ° C.

In the aftermath of an arctic hurricane, the corpse of a reindeer herder emerges from the rubble of a building roof, torn by the elements.

Boris, phlegmatic banished from Irkutsk, is in charge of the affair.

In this open-air prison, he discovers a youth who is exhausted at the mine, invents loopholes, escapes and loves regardless of danger.

Because in Norilsk, where corruption is everywhere, everyone is watching themselves.

And the threat lurks while Boris persists… "

(Presentation of Les Arènes editions).

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Recent publications by Caryl Ferey

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