"Assemblies", to be published on May 25, recounts the "three women in the life of Antoine Polin, a brilliant and busy forty-something deputy, media figure of the governing party", according to the publisher.
They are his wife, his "young parliamentary assistant" and an economist from the opposite side who "succumbed to this technocrat in a suit and tie".
"Political power appears to reveal the mechanisms of seduction and a breeding ground for sexist and sexual violence. But in the time of #MeeToo, old codes like old routines are shaken", explains Grasset.
Clementine Autain, 48, has published extensively, including political essays, and a 2019 story about her mother, "Tell him I love him," but no fiction so far.
Among the other women politicians who have published novels, we find the Minister Delegate in charge of Citizenship Marlène Schiappa, or the former ministers Christiane Taubira and Aurélie Filippetti.
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