Moselle. Hélène Laurain, Originally From Metz, Selected for Goncourt 2025 with Her Novel "Tambora"

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The winner of the Prix Goncourt 2025, which will be presented on November 4th, is among the fifteen authors selected. Among them, only one will be selected on November 4th, and on that day we will finally know who will succeed Kamel Daoud who had received the prestigious prize in 2024 for his novel, Houris published by Gallimard and of which he sold 390,000 copies. The Goncourt jury composed of Christine Angot, Pierre Assouline, Tahar Ben Jellou…

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Tambora, the second novel of the Messina Hélène Laurain, is on the main list of Goncourt 2025, alongside notably Emmanuel Carrère. A "surprise" for 37-year-old author who in this second novel delivers an autofiction on the intimacy of pregnancy and maternity. A personal work, crude and rare, which should nevertheless speak to many readers.