Eric-Emmanuel Schmitt reveals the forces of femininity in "The Dreamer of Ostend"
Novelist, playwright and director, Eric-Emmanuel Schmitt has become since ten years one of the most famous French-speaking authors abroad. His next album, The Dreamer of Ostend, once again reveals the power of imagination in our lives.
This collection of news has five stories: The Dreamer of Ostend, Perfect Crime, Healing, Bad Readings, The Woman with the Bouquet. Dream and mystery are the fabric of these stories.
In the news that gives its name to the collection, The Dreamer of Ostend, a writer takes refuge in Ostend to forget a sentimental rupture. He meets a woman, the lonely Anna Van A, who lives a passionate and mysterious love.
The women, heroines or inspirers of these fictions, show in Eric-Emmanuel Schmitt's novels and plays their subtle strength and power.
Schmitt's works, including his plays, have been translated into 35 languages and are performed in some 40 countries.
After many pieces acclaimed by the public and critics, especially The Visitor, Enigmatic Variations, The Libertine, Small Marital Crimes, or Tectonics of feelings, Eric-Emmanuel Schmitt tries the story with Mr. Ibrahim and the flowers of the Koran and The Gospel according to Pilate. In 2006, he wrote and directed his first feature film Odette Toulemonde. The film was released on February 7, 2007.
Eric-Emmanuel Schmitt has been rewarded many times. He has notably obtained several Molière and the Grand Prix Theater of the French Academy for his plays.
Eric-Emmanuel Schmitt, The Dreamer of Ostend
Release date: November 8
Roman - Albin Michel
20 euros
Official website of the author: www.eric-emmanuel-schmitt.com
