Marie Darrieussecq is the author of over twenty books, including novels, essays, a play, a biography and translations. In 2013 she was awarded the Prix Médicis and the Prix des Prix for her novel Il faut beaucoup aimer les hommes.
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‘There is a Europe of life and a Europe of death, on the mass graves of which we perpetuate a dream.’ Translated from the French by Linda Coverdale.
‘I am aware that according to present-day criteria, the story I am about to tell contains several shocking scenes which fall within the realms of sexual harassment and cruelty towards animals.’
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