Cécile Coulon

Le rire du grand blessé

The Sufferer’s Laugh

August 28, 2013
Literature
136 pages
130 × 210 mm
17 €
9782878585841
978-2-8785-8584-1
																Cécile Coulon, Le rire du grand blessé
																Cécile Coulon, Le rire du grand blessé

A fascinating tale about the consumer society and literature : Cécile Coulon is surely one of the most talented authors of her generation.

In a disquieting world, with overtones of 1984 and Aldous Huxley’s Brave New World, the authorities have found a way to ensure social order : public readings have become an ideological tool to manipulate the masses. Stadiums are packed with people starved of intense emotions and greedily listening to the various state-authorized genres : thriller, horror, drama or romance. A man, with a mere number for a name, 1075, works within the security department. To fulfill his task, he himself undertakes to read nothing, not on any account... Trained in excessively extreme conditions, he becomes one of the most efficient and respected Internal Security agents.
The life of 1075 takes a turn the day he is bitten by a guard dog set loose onto a hysterical spectator, which the guards were unable to control. Confined in the hospital, he is immersed in boredom until he attends, by chance, a reading lesson given in the pediatric department. Caught in his own trap, he is to develop a taste for reading...

The author

Since writing her first book at seventeen years old, Cécile Coulon never ceases to surprise and amaze us. In just a few years, she has produced six novels, including Trois saisons d’orage, winner of the Prix des libraires, and a collection of poems (Prix Apollinaire 2017).
Her novel, A Beast in Paradise (Une bête au paradis, L’Iconoclaste, August 2019), was awarded the Prix littéraire Le Monde in 2019.

August 28, 2013
Literature
136 pages
130 × 210 mm
17 €
9782878585841
978-2-8785-8584-1