L'Eau qui dort

Synopsis of L'Eau qui dort

In 'L'Eau qui dort', Benoît Lauzanne, a Parisian sales representative, decides to leave his home and never return. At the train station in V., a provincial town, he meets a woman who reminds him of Irina, his youthful love, a painter who disappeared twenty years ago. Obsessed, Lauzanne embarks on a quest to find this woman, a journey that leads him to reconnect with nature and become involved in a criminal investigation. Through this search, Lauzanne relives episodes from his past that he had tried to leave behind, but of which he remains a prisoner. The novel explores themes of disappearance and its consequences, as well as a reflection on nature and its capacity for healing.