Emmanuel Bourdieu, son of sociologist Pierre Bourdieu, was born in Paris in 1965. Philosopher, playwright, screenwriter and director of several films including “Louis-Ferdinand Céline” with Denis Lavant. He signs withI am the last», published by Rivages, his first novel.
“Based on the trial of a peasant who tortured, raped and butchered a jogger, this noir novel traces the genealogy of violence within the family of the culprit, heir to a family farm whose barbaric and inexplicable act seems to arise from time immemorial.” (Presentation of Rivages editions)