Catherine Artigala

Anna stabs her companion Damien. She is charged with attempted murder and does not deny the facts, but the case remains incomprehensible: Anna has no history of violence and gives no explanation for her actions.

В октябре на пустынном ветреном пляже бабушка молится, мама ругается, сестёр ничего не волнует, младший брат лезет в воду, а Люка остаётся в одиночестве. Дедушка был странным, а теперь он мёртв.

Виктор — начинающий писатель, Сара — магистр в области классической литературы, их общая слабость — Джойс и Достоевский. Они были свободны и беспечны, но их случайная встреча в баре затянется на долгие 45 лет. Как справятся они с успехом, богатством и банальной скукой? Кто получит все, а кто останется в тени? История одной семьи, большой любви, на фоне переполненных солнцем бульваров Парижа.

Mélanie, 16 years old, lives with her mother. She likes going to school, her friends, playing the cello, and she wants to change the world. But when she meets a boy on the Internet and falls in love with him, her world changes as she is gradually recruited by Daesh. Sonia is 17 years old, and she almost did something irrevocable to “guarantee” her family a place in paradise. These teenage girls might be called Anaïs, Manon or Leila, and one day they all might go some way down the recruitment process. But can they ever come back from it?

Arsène Muselier returns to his home village at the end of the First World War. His only injury is a head wound, which sometimes provokes periods of delirium and fury. As he renews his acquaintance with the people he left behind - his mother, the old farmhand who brought him up after his father's death, his former girlfriend, and many others - he becomes fascinated by the legend of La Vouivre, a creature with the body of a woman who lives in the marsh, surrounded by vipers. One day, Arsène sees the strange woman - she is naked, beautiful, alluring, and he is instantly enchanted by her. Can she be real, or is she merely a creation of his damaged mind...?