By Pierre Michon
Small Lives (Vies minuscules), Pierre Michon’s first novel, received the Prix France tradition. Michon explains that he wrote it "to shop my very own pores and skin. I felt in my physique that my lifestyles used to be turning round. This ebook born in an air of secrecy of inexpressible pleasure and catharsis rescued me extra successfully than my aborted analysis." Le Monde calls it "his chef d’oeuvre. A bolt of lightening." In Small Lives, Michon paints snap shots of 8 participants, whose tales span centuries in his local zone of l. a. Creuse. within the strategy of exploring their lives, he explores the act of writing and his emotional connection to either. the hunt to track and bear in mind those interconnected lives seared into his reminiscence finally turns into a quest to know his personal humanity and notice his personal voice.
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