Félicité Du Jeu

Apr 13, 2023 | beyondwordslitfest.co.uk | Laurent Mauvignier |Lauren Elkin |Félicité Du Jeu

Talk"Imagine a Stephen King thriller hijacked by Proust" Lee Langley (The Spectator)Told in a rhythmic and propulsive prose that weaves seamlessly from one consciousness to the next over the course of a day, Laurent Mauvignier’s The Birthday Party is a deft unravelling of the stories we hide from others and from ourselves, a gripping tale of the violent irruptions of the past into the present.