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Virginie Despentes, from literary UFO to cult writer

2022-09-15T17:04:16.934Z


PODCAST. His latest novel "Dear Connard", published by Grasset, is the most noticed of this literary season. Almost thirty years after "Baise


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Summary.

The release of his new book, "Cher Connard" (Grasset), is the event of this literary season.

With this epistolary novel printed in more than 250,000 copies, which brings together two characters that everything opposes, Virginie Despentes signs a resounding return to bookstores, five years after the last volume of "Vernon Subutex".

His first story, "Baise-moi", published in 1994, took almost two years to emerge from confidentiality.

Readers then discover the raw and punk style of this 27-year-old writer, who takes her nickname from the district of the slopes of Croix-Rousse in Lyon.

The young Virginie Daget threw herself into writing after trying years.

Mental disorders, addictions, and especially a rape that she recounts in 2006 in her essay "King Kong Theory", the pivotal work that raises her to the rank of the greatest contemporary authors.

This episode of Source Code is told by Yves Jaeglé, journalist in the culture department of Le Parisien.

Credits.

Editorial management: Pierre Chausse - Editor-in-chief: Jules Lavie - Reporter: Ambre Rosala - Production: Raphaël Pueyo, Emma Jacob and Thibault Lambert - Production and mixing: Julien Montcouquiol - Music: François Clos, Audio Network, Epidemic Sound - Identity graphics: Upian - Archives: INA, Europe 1, BFM, France 5.

About Source Code.

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An appointment carried by the presenter Jules Lavie and the reporter Ambre Rosala, to be found from Monday to Friday from 6 p.m. on LeParisien.fr or on the main listening platforms.

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