Mathilde Barrois, Head of International rights Travel back to the past and into the private lives of the greatest artists and writers in this ncredibly poetic book!

Eighty excerpts from authors’ and artists’ diaries offering glimpses into their hearts and souls in everyday life, complemented by an exclusive interview with writer Annie Ernaux. This book is a deep dive into profoundly private moments, and these fragments, carefully selected and commented upon, tell us about life both great and ordinary. The reproductions of diary pages transport us into an intimate closeness with their writers: Marie Curie bidding the love of her life farewell, Orwell working in his garden, Victor Klemperer bearing witness to the starting-up of the Nazi atrocities, Sylvia Plath recounting love at first sight…