by Marie Ndiaye · Les Editions de Minuit · tapa blanda · ISBN 9782707313676
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«En famille» is the novel by Marie NDiaye, published by Les Editions de Minuit in paperback (315 pages, in French).
Fanny, a young woman rejected by her family without the reason ever being fully explained, travels through towns and cities with her cousin in search of her aunt Léda. Amid sordid encounters and humiliations, the novel portrays her wandering quest for identity and belonging, in a contemporary realist narrative that combines minimal adventures with profound unease.
A 315-page paperback novel, originally published in 1991. The work belongs to contemporary French literature.
Recommended for readers interested in French fiction and in stories that explore identity and family rejection.
Marie NDiaye is a French novelist, playwright and screenwriter. She published her first novel, Quant au riche avenir, when she was 17. She won the Prix Goncourt in 2009 for her novel Trois femmes puissantes. Her play Papa doit manger is the sole play by a living female writer to be part of the repertoire of the Comédie française. She co-wrote the screenplay for the 2022 legal drama Saint Omer alongside its director Alice Diop, and Amrita David. In September 2022, the film was selected as France's official selection for Best International Film at the 95th Academy Awards. The English translation of her novel The Witch, by Jordan Stump, was published in 2026 and was shortlisted for the International Booker Prize.
