by Yann Queffélec · Robert Laffont · tapa blanda · ISBN 9782221088234
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«Osmose» is the novel by Yann Queffélec, published by Robert Laffont in paperback (278 pages, in French).
On a beach, teenagers listen to Pierre, newly arrived on Désertas, a penal island ruled by the law of young criminals. Forced to confess his crime, he evokes his swindler father and his missing mother. In telling the unspeakable, Pierre delves into himself and confronts his paternal inheritance.
Subtitled «roman» on the cover, the original edition appeared in 2000 under the Robert Laffont imprint, with 278 pages.
For readers of contemporary French fiction seeking a story of memory, confession, and the father-son relationship.
Yann Queffélec is a French author who won the Prix Goncourt in 1985 for his novel Les Noces barbares, translated into English as The Wedding or The Savage Wedding. He is the former husband of the late pianist Brigitte Engerer and the brother of musician Anne Queffélec. Their father was the writer Henri Queffélec.
