Contemporary literature

"Impasse Verlaine" by Dalie Farah is a rare and deeply moving book, one that stands out immediately for its honesty, emotional power, and the precision of its language. The narrative takes the form of a Bildungsroman, following the narrator from birth to the age of eighteen, the decisive moment when she leaves the family home. Interwoven with this trajectory is that of her mother, Vendredi, which gives the novel one of its most striking singularities: it also becomes, unexpectedly, a coming-o...