Meeting with Jean-Christophe Grangé: an exceptional preview
Jean-Christophe Grangé in June 2017. BALTEL/SIPA
Everything that is rare is precious. This is true of Jean-Christophe Grangé's public appearances. After the release of a demonic two-volume thriller about the AIDS years, "Sans soleil" (Albin Michel) in January, the cult author of "Rivières pourpres" and "Les Promises" has published an autobiographical account: "Je suis né du diable" (I was born of the devil). A first for the writer, who has decided to lift the veil on his origins and reveal the shadow of a family history marked by violence and secrecy. An intimate confession about the terror experienced from the cradle - his readers will not be disappointed - which sheds new light on the work of this writer who admits to having always written "where it hurts" .
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A great exceptional meeting, "Jean-Christophe Grangé: The Genesis of Evil" will be held at the Château d'Angers on Saturday, September 27 at 11 a.m. Organized in partnership with "Le Nouvel Obs," it will be followed by a preview signing session for "I Was Born of the Devil" (while stocks last), to be released on October 15. Jean-Christophe Grangé's almost unprecedented public appearance is a real spotlight for Cultissime, the international festival of cult works, whose first edition attracted more than 8,000 visitors last year and featured prestigious guests such as James Ellroy, Douglas Kennedy, Michel Hazanavicius, and Antoon Krings.
This year, under the patronage of screenwriter and director Marguerite Abouet (the comic strips "Aya de Yopougon"), and the sponsorship of writers David Foenkinos and Timothée de Fombelle (the children's trilogy "Alma"), visitors will be able to meet around thirty personalities, such as Hannelore Cayre, Irène Frain, the authors of the famous redhead "Mortell Adèle", Antoine Dole and Diane Le Feyer, but also Antoine de Caunes, Eric Giacometti, Agnès Martin-Lugand, Bernard Werber and Anne Goscinny.
The festival, which aims to make reading and pleasure rhyme again, affirms that "a book can change everything" – provided the right one is found. Guests will also come to share their passion for their cult work: the book that got them started, that perhaps changed their life or decided their career.
