"I'm Ashamed" : Amélie Nothomb Apologizes After Lying for "a Year and a Half"

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On Saturday, August 23, 2025, at Brut's microphone, Amélie Nothomb confided to her latest novel, Good. A book that asked her to lock herself in the lie.

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Amélie Nothomb, a famous novelist, lifted the veil on a lie she had held for more than a year, in an interview given to Brut, broadcast this Saturday, August 23.

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With more than thirty books published since the beginning of her career, Amélie Nothomb is one of the most famous writers in France. She follows the same rhythm of publication since always, with a novel per year in bookstores. Over the years, her style, recognizable by her lively language and her mix of black humour, literary references and autobiographical elements, seduces a wide readership. Among her most well-known works are "Stupper and tre…

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The Belgian writer Amélie Nothomb, in Paris, in 2021. AFP Here I am in a tale", the reader will think by diving into "Good" the thirty-third novel by Amélie Nothomb (published by Albin Michel, like all his work). From the first pages, we find ourselves in a sinister home, half dilapidated, in the company of an innocent child of 4 years, Adrienne, condemned to spend two months alone with her terrible "Ghent's good-man". The latter has all the att…