David Foenkinos in search of posterity
In Who remembers David Foenkinos? (in bookstore August 30), the author of the novel The erotic potential of my wife, awarded the Roger-Nimier Prize in 2004, presents the story of his life in ten years, if he had missed everything from now on.
David Foenkinos is nostalgic. He remembers with delight those years that marked his career as a writer of a white stone. The year 2004 especially. His novel is a great success with the public and critics, and it is now with bitterness that he evokes this period of descent. "I was in the promise" as he says himself.
A few years and four novels passed unnoticed later, the writer and narrator questions the reasons for this slide towards general indifference. Mediocrity? Too much sitting at the hairdresser? David does not understand the reasons for his failure. So he clings and wants to believe it. A new idea of a novel will soon emerge from the depths of his imagination and perhaps he will once again taste the pleasure reserved for famous writers.
David Foenkinos, born in 1974 in Paris, signs his sixth novel with this projection of his failure in the future. According to him, he does not draw his inspiration from his experience. His light and humorous pen in the service of absurd and surreal situations has made him a successful novelist. His latest novel Autonomous hearts was released at Grasset in May 2006.
David Foenkinos, Who remembers David Foenkinos?
Released August 30
Publisher: Gallimard
David Foenkinos is nostalgic. He remembers with delight those years that marked his career as a writer of a white stone. The year 2004 especially. His novel is a great success with the public and critics, and it is now with bitterness that he evokes this period of descent. "I was in the promise" as he says himself.
A few years and four novels passed unnoticed later, the writer and narrator questions the reasons for this slide towards general indifference. Mediocrity? Too much sitting at the hairdresser? David does not understand the reasons for his failure. So he clings and wants to believe it. A new idea of a novel will soon emerge from the depths of his imagination and perhaps he will once again taste the pleasure reserved for famous writers.
David Foenkinos, born in 1974 in Paris, signs his sixth novel with this projection of his failure in the future. According to him, he does not draw his inspiration from his experience. His light and humorous pen in the service of absurd and surreal situations has made him a successful novelist. His latest novel Autonomous hearts was released at Grasset in May 2006.
David Foenkinos, Who remembers David Foenkinos?
Released August 30
Publisher: Gallimard
