Amélie Nothomb loves eggs and her fans know it. At signing sessions, she is regularly offered fresh eggs, straight from their henhouses.

“I have such a passion for eggs that they never disgust me, I can eat them absolutely without hunger,” declared the author of Psychopompe (Albin Michel, 2023) “Do you know how to swallow an egg?” she asks Léa Salamé and Nicolas Demorand, morning hosts.