Novice

by Guillaume Lecasble

Fin du XXe sicle, une guerre civile quelque part. Vaniu, un petit garon d'un an allong sur le sol contre le cadavre de son pre, assiste au viol de sa mre par des chiens de guerre. Sa mre, pour qui il a un amour absolu, accouche neuf mois plus tard d'une petite fille qu'elle nomme Dachka. Lorsque Dachka nat, Nika voit en elle l'enfant des chiens de guerre, l'enfant du viol et, jour aprs jour, elle s'enivre pour supporter sa prsence. Les annes passent, les enfants grandissent et le corps viol de Nika ferm la sexualit s'assche autant que l'alcool l'imbibe. Il faudra douze annes pour que Falbek, le chien de guerre, le violeur, l'assassin, se retrouve face Nika et ses enfants...

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Published September 3, 2015

About the author

Guillaume Lecasble was born in 1954. He started painting at the age of nineteen and had a first solo exhibition eleven years later. From his artwork—and particularly the portrait of a chorus of monks—he became inspired to experiment with new approaches to filmmaking. Various short films yielded a pair of characters (bonhomme & bonfemme) who then reincarnated themselves in a series of highly praised books for children. Painting continues to inspire and accompany his written and cinematographic work. Lobster, his first novel, was published to critical acclaim in France in 2003. His second novel, Cut, was published in 2004.