Constance Debré

Jun 19, 2024 | londonreviewbookshop.co.uk | Constance Debré

In her latest semi-autobiographical novel Playboy (Tuskar Rock, translated by Holly James), leading French writer Constance Debré describes how a woman, at the age of 43, abandons her apartment, her marriage and her successful legal career to lead a new life as an out lesbian and a writer.

Jun 11, 2024 | cairnspost.com.au | Raymond Carver |Constance Debré |Nina Miyashita

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Apr 18, 2024 | nybooks.com | Constance Debré |Holly James |Deborah Jowitt |Gabriel García Márquez

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Apr 5, 2024 | lithub.com | Constance Debré

A woman is a very strange thing. Radically different from anything else. I don’t know when I started thinking that. Maybe when I looked at her lying there next to me that first morning, when she was sleeping and I wasn’t. I started comparing our bodies, our breasts. I knew before that I had no hips, that my breasts were small, that I was taller and thinner than most other women, but it was just a vague notion. I stood in front of the mirror at the swimming pool to try and understand.

Mar 4, 2024 | frieze.com | Ren Ebel |Constance Debré

Ren Ebel You’re visiting Los Angeles? Constance Debré Yes. I don’t have a house in Paris, so I’ve been travelling for years like this. I’m in love with Los Angeles. RE What do you love about it? CD When I’m in Paris I don’t see anybody. I keep avoiding people. But it actually takes a lot of energy to avoid people all the time. LA is perfect for a creative person because during the day no one sees anyone. Everyone is focused on their work. RE Have you found a place to swim?