Leïla Slimani – J’emporterai le feu

{"title":"Le\u00efla Slimani – J\u2019emporterai le feu","description":"\u003Cp data-start=\u00220\u0022 data-end=\u0022328\u0022\u003EBorn in Morocco, Le\u00efla Slimani is a graduate of Sciences Po Paris. A novelist and columnist featured in various weekly publications, her work has been translated into numerous languages. She chaired the jury of the prestigious International Booker Prize in 2023 and served as a member of the Cannes Film Festival jury in 2025.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\u003Cp data-start=\u0022330\u0022 data-end=\u0022773\u0022\u003EA committed voice, Slimani tackles difficult\u2014and often taboo\u2014subjects with nuance and remarkable intelligence: nymphomania in \u003Cem data-start=\u0022456\u0022 data-end=\u0022463\u0022\u003EAd\u00e8le\u003C\/em\u003E (\u003Cem data-start=\u0022465\u0022 data-end=\u0022491\u0022\u003EDans le jardin de l\u2019ogre\u003C\/em\u003E, Gallimard, 2014), the murder of children and social despair in \u003Cem data-start=\u0022556\u0022 data-end=\u0022565\u0022\u003ELullaby\u003C\/em\u003E (\u003Cem data-start=\u0022567\u0022 data-end=\u0022582\u0022\u003EChanson douce\u003C\/em\u003E, Gallimard, Prix Goncourt 2016), and patriarchal violence and hypocrisy in \u003Cem data-start=\u0022658\u0022 data-end=\u0022730\u0022\u003ESex and Lies: True Stories of Women\u2019s Intimate Lives in the Arab World\u003C\/em\u003E (\u003Cem data-start=\u0022732\u0022 data-end=\u0022751\u0022\u003ESexe et mensonges\u003C\/em\u003E, Les Ar\u00e8nes, 2021).\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\u003Cp data-start=\u0022775\u0022 data-end=\u0022995\u0022 data-is-last-node=\u0022\u0022 data-is-only-node=\u0022\u0022\u003EHer new book, \u003Cem data-start=\u0022789\u0022 data-end=\u0022810\u0022\u003EJ\u2019emporterai le feu\u003C\/em\u003E, is the stunning final volume of her trilogy \u003Cem data-start=\u0022856\u0022 data-end=\u0022879\u0022\u003EThe Country of Others\u003C\/em\u003E (\u003Cem data-start=\u0022881\u0022 data-end=\u0022901\u0022\u003ELe pays des autres\u003C\/em\u003E, Gallimard)\u2014a powerful, poetic, and deeply moving family saga brought to a magnificent close.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\u003Cp data-start=\u0022775\u0022 data-end=\u0022995\u0022 data-is-last-node=\u0022\u0022 data-is-only-node=\u0022\u0022\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EIn French.\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E","start_date":"2025-11-11","end_date":"2025-11-11","date":"Tuesday 11 November, 18:30","timings":[{"timing_start_date":"20251111T173000Z","timing_end_date":"20251111T193000Z"}]}