The gay author shocked France with stories of working-class poverty and homophobia. He talks to Simon Kuper about the misogyny his mother endured and why escape is his defining theme
Writers flee Paris publishing house Grasset in protest at conservative owner Vincent Bolloré
One of France’s most significant literary voices on pursuing a ‘higher purpose’ — and how the country’s judicial system crushes…
The prizewinning author deploys language to devastating effect as she revisits her theme of women plagued by brittle relationships
To finish her semi-autobiographical ‘The Country of Others’ trilogy the French writer drew on deeply personal experiences of…
Two books explain why the country is more divided than ever
A divorce inspired a move to a belle-époque cottage by the river Seine. A canny use of space and colour has turned it into a…
