The literature of Chloé Delaume, who is 47 years old and already 28 books to her credit, may not be everyone's kind of beauty, but at least it does not leave you indifferent.
Moreover, his new novel, crowned by the Medici Prize, contrasts with his usual production, known as "experimental".
The Synthetic Heart
(Threshold) is a comedy, biting but not squeaky, a sort of popular feminist novel, a clever pastiche by Bridget Jones.
“It's the story of a blue flower that is dipped in acid,”
writes the novelist.
The violence of the labor market is the same as that of the love market
Chloe Delaume
The heroine, Adelaide, is an independent woman, who accepts her desire not to have children.
She is a press officer in publishing.
She decided to divorce to write a new chapter in her life and find great love again.
The problem is, she's 46 years old.
She skims the dating sites and parties where she wriggles to 1980s hits while drinking gin and tonic.
Nothing to do, she has become invisible.
"She realizes that
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