by Éric Fottorino · GALLIMARD · tapa blanda · ISBN 9782070141128
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«Dix-sept ans» is the novel by Éric Fottorino, published by Gallimard in paperback (272 pages, in French).
One Sunday in December, Lina confesses to her three children the secret that has been suffocating her for decades. The mother rejected by her own since adolescence then appears in all her humanity and her determination to live free despite the wounds. Fottorino resumes his identity quest in the portrait of an unknown mother.
The novel belongs to Gallimard's nrf collection, was published on August 16, 2018, and is written originally in French.
For readers of contemporary fiction seeking a personal story about family, identity, and secrets of the past.
Éric Fottorino is a French journalist and writer. He is the winner of the Prix Femina, 2007, for Baisers de cinéma. After having been a reporter for the daily newspaper Le Monde, then becoming editor-in-chief and executive editor, he was appointed president of the directory group of the La Vie-Le Monde group in January 2008. He was removed from this latter office in December 2010.
