by Emma Cline · tapa blanda · ISBN 9782710376569
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«The Girls» is the novel by Emma Cline, published by La Table Ronde in paperback (336 pages, in French).
California, late 1960s. Evie Boyd, a lonely teenager, is fascinated by a group of free girls. Captivated by Suzanne, the older one, she enters the orbit of a cult led by the charismatic Russell on a ranch in the hills; her desire to belong brings her closer to unthinkable violence.
French translation by Jean Esch; original in English from 2016. Winner of the Shirley Jackson Award and finalist for the Center for Fiction First Novel Prize.
For readers of literary fiction and coming-of-age novels; the historical backdrop of 1960s California and echoes of the Manson family.
Emma Cline is an American writer and novelist from California. She published her first novel, The Girls, in 2016, to positive reviews. The book was shortlisted for the John Leonard Prize from the National Book Critics Circle and the Center for Fiction First Novel Prize. Her story collection, Daddy, was published in 2020, and her second novel, The Guest, was published in 2023. Her stories have been published in The New Yorker, Tin House, Granta, and The Paris Review. In 2017, Cline was named one of Granta's Best of Young American Novelists, and Forbes named her one of their "30 Under 30 in Media". She is a recipient of the Plimpton Prize and was awarded a Guggenheim Fellowship.
