De la pointe de l’été au coeur de l’hiver : saisons et construction romanesque chez François Emmanuel

François Emmanuel’s novels are divided in two categories: Summer Tales, which light-hearted and filled with bitter-sweet irony, Winter that more solemn tragic. We will investigate the diptych formed by Regarde la vague (2007) Le Sommeil de Grâce (2015), both Tales: latter is set heart of Winter, though other at end a warm Summer. By comparing how each season described novel, it affects narrative settings, we aim to enlighten animportant part aesthetics.