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Anybody here read Emmanuel Bove?
>His characters, drawn from all classes, are often paralyzed by a failure of will, poisoned by envy, cursed with bad luck or betrayal. With relentless clarity, Bove imparts a deeply felt and lasting impression of the lives of these solitary and emotionally shattered young men whose fortunes and futures hinge on a stroke of luck, an immoral act, an accident.
https://www.theparisreview.org/blog/tag/emmanuel-bove/
I marathoned about three quarters of his book My Friends (described as his masterpiece) this weekend (around 150 pages) and I have to say I'm underwhelmed overall. He reads a lot like Elliot Rodger, and the plot is often pretty clumsy or obvious. Hopefully his Winter Journal will be better.
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I found his name recently on ebooks gratuits, and downloaded "Monsieur Thorpe et autres nouvelles"
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>>10013215
Yes, I've read most of his books and he's among my favorite authors but I've always avoided mentioning him on here because I don't want him to become a meme.
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>>10013446
What did you enjoy about his book My Friends?
I did appreciate it, but it seemed to me like he had no grasp of plot or pacing and was only really proficient at producing either funny / observational / sad one-liners. But on the whole simply delivering these one-liners prevents him from actually developing a hat stand (character) on which to hang his hats (his one-liners).
I don't know, I'm underwhelmed. And I'm a big fan of isolated protagonists and the articulation of their pathetic disposition. But My Friends just seems too cheap and superficial.
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>>10013446
He wont be a meme.
I've always forced Michel Tournier and he didn't become a meme. Not a chance!
also he's similar to Julien Green and his "Épaves"
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