Organized by Le Groupe Furet du Nord / Decitre, the Première plume Prize honors discoveries.
This is its fourth edition and it has often revealed authors who have made a sensational entry into literature.
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Her selection attests to this: the four potential winners were Dima Abdallah, for
Weeds
(Sabine Wespieser), who has just received the Prize sent by post, Mireille Gagne, for
Le hare d'Amérique
(La Peuplade), Olivier Mak- Bouchard, for
Le Dit du mistral
(Le Tripode) and Marie-Eve Thuot,
La trajectoire des confettis
(Éditions du sous-sol).
And the winner is… Olivier Mak-Bouchard.
Remember this name, it will be talked about.
His first novel is remarkable.
13,000 copies were printed.
The plot, even if, here, it is especially the writing which counts.
In the Luberon, following a violent storm, a man and his peasant neighbor discovered mysterious shards of pottery in the adjoining field.
They start an investigation.
They discover a stray cat, a field of cherry trees ...
The “winning Mistral!”
This secret of a stone wall will turn the lives of two men upside down ... "If it feeds on the works of Giono and Bosco,
Le Dit du Mistral
is not a book like any other", underlines its editor .
And to add: “
It is the beginning of a journey, a novel about friendship, transmission, on what we have bequeathed to us by old generations and what we want to bequeath to those to come.
It is a story about refusing to forget, an invitation to life where stories, legends and dreams intermingle.
It is a window open without noise on the lands of Provence, the photograph of a universe, a telescope magnetized by the gods.
"
With this literary prize, the booksellers of Furet du Nord and Decitre, in partnership with Crédit Agricole Nord de France, wish to highlight each year back-to-school authors in the Premier Novel category, for the strength of their stories and the emotions. that they instilled in us.
This prize, endowed with one thousand euros, is awarded by a jury made up of five readers collaborating with Crédit Agricole Nord de France, and six booksellers from Furet du Nord and Decitre, with Shirley Saver, bookseller at Furet de Roubaix as president.
She underlined, after the proclamation: “
More than a novel, an enchanted journey
”.
His colleague from Decitre, Fabrice Baumann had fun with a nice play on words: “
Winning Mistral!
"
Le Tripode presents
Le Dit du mistral
by Olivier Mak-Bouchard