Est-ce ainsi que les femmes meurent?

Synopsis of Est-ce ainsi que les femmes meurent?

«Est-ce ainsi que les femmes meurent?» is the novel by Didier Decoin, published by Grasset in paperback in 2009 (226 pages, in French).

The novel is set in New York in 1964 and recreates the murder of Catherine Kitty Genovese in the Queens neighborhood while thirty-eight neighbors see or hear what happens without intervening. From that real case, Didier Decoin builds a realistic narrative and a reflection on cowardice and human indifference.

For readers of literary fiction and true crime stories, with a look at witness responsibility and social indifference.