The two writers have published two conversion novels.
In La Grâce (Plon, prix de Flore), Thibault de Montaigu describes that of his uncle Christian, a former debauchery who became a Franciscan monk.
Sébastien Lapaque, journalist at Le Figaro littéraire, tells in This world is so beautiful (Acte Sud) the path of Lazare, a forty-something disgusted by the ugliness of the modern world.
On this Easter Saturday, our two disciples of Huysmans discuss the possibility of believing in a dechristianized world.
They see in the renewal of faith as a literary object the symptom of a loss which deeply affects our society.
LE FIGARO.
- Your two novels are conversion stories.
In a time of spiritual emptiness and the triumph of technology, is faith the last dissent?
Thibault DE MONTAIGU.
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When I had my book published, I encountered very strong resistance.
There is a formidable allergy to the faith - it is an understatement to say it - in French cultural circles.
It's not
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