Date 22 August 2019
Pages 144
Format cm 14 x 22
Price € 14.00
EAN 9782378560294
Publisher Website www.editions-verdier.fr

Before I forget

Author Anne Pauly
Publisher Verdier
COLLECTION Chaoïd
Keywords Father - Girls - Autofiction - Air - Passion
My old corpse, my one-legged scumbag, my misanthrope king, my great big hulk of a father

Janus’ father is a man of many facets. He is on the one hand an aggressive one-legged alcoholic, and on the other, an amateur of Eastern spirituality with hidden artistic sensibilities. When he passes away, something has to be done about his house. Amongst the clutter of this Aladdin’s cave, Janus stumbles across memory after memory as she methodically sorts through his belongings. And then, one day, a letter arrives, revealing the whole truth about her beloved father whom she resembles so much, in spite of the distance between them.

  • Sales in France 81000 copies
  • Rights Sold Egypt, Germany, Italy
  • Awards Prix du Livre Inter 2020, Prix Summer 2020, Prix Robert-Walser 2020, Prix Pauline-de-Siminane 2020, Prix Envoyé par la Poste 2019
  • As of: September 2021