by Ayerdhal · LGF · libro de bolsillo · ISBN 9782253101123
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«Transparences» is the political thriller by Ayerdhal, published by Le Livre de Poche in paperback (608 pages, in French).
In 1985 Berlin, twelve-year-old Anne X kills her parents and a friend couple with a Japanese sabre. Criminologist Stephen, from Interpol in Lyon, reviews her file and discovers an elusive killer suspected of nearly a thousand murders. The plot links with recent history, from the Kennedy assassination to 9/11, in a political thriller.
It won the Grand Prix de l'Imaginaire and the Prix Michel-Lebrun; it belongs to the Policier & thriller collection of Le Livre de Poche.
Published after Ayerdhal's science fiction period, it is a work for fans of the author and of the political thriller with historical background.
Yal Ayerdhal was a French thriller and science fiction writer from Lyon. His later work preferred the thriller genre; Transparences, Resurgences and Rainbow Warriors play with various genres. Rainbow Warriors flirts with political fiction with most protagonists being LGBTQ. He received the Grand Prix de l'Imaginaire in 2005 for Transparences and in 1993 for his novel Demain une oasis. He is considered one of the leading names in both genres. He shared the Prix Tour Eiffel with co-author Jean-Claude Dunyach for their 1999 novel Étoiles mourantes. He also received an award for his novel Parleur ou les chroniques d'un rêve enclavé and two for Transparences, a thriller. He also received the Cyrano award for lifetime achievement in the service of genre fiction and its actors.
