"La Maison Empire" by Laurent Mauvignier, Prix Goncourt 2025: a "Fleuve" Book in Which Readers Must "Dive", According to Philippe Claudel, President of the Jury

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"We all have an empty house where ghosts resonate, where the stories we were told resonate, the stories we were killed," says Philippe Claudel, Tuesday on franceinfo.

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Pierre Ropert appreciated "La Maison Empire" by Laurent Mauvignier. Excerpt from the exchange between Marie Sorbier and the winner of the Renaudot Prize, Adélaïde de Clermont-Tonnerre, author of "I wanted to live". Jeanne Cerin read the Femina Prize which goes back to Natacha Appanah for "La nuit au coeur".

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Laurent Mauvignier signs a magnificent ode to the memories of his forefathers, caught in the torments of a century of history of France and family secrets buried for generations. The writing is flamboyant, the talk of a mad modesty and a mad beauty. The post "The empty house" by Laurent Mauvignier: a sublime family fresco appeared first on Benzine Magazine.