À 27 ans, Noé entame une marche solitaire vers la Suède, sur les traces de son arrière-grand-père mort près de Jokkmokk dans les années 1920. Celui-ci, jeune philologue français, avait été contacté par les autorités suédoises pour éliminer un groupe d’extraterrestres implanté sur leur territoire.
Xabi Molia was born in the Basque Country in 1977. His first novel, Fourbi, was published by Gallimard while he was still a student. After earning a doctorate in film history, he taught at university until 2012, before devoting himself entirely to his dual career as writer and filmmaker. Author of three feature-length fiction films and two documentaries (co-directed with his sister Agnès), he has published seven novels, including Les Premiers, une histoire des super-héros français and Des jours sauvages. In August 2024, Le Seuil published La Vie ou presque.
