“ The abyss » Nicolas Chemla’s new novel is hypnotic, fascinating and terribly frightening. Between black masses, backrooms, an enigmatic cat, a diary, an American just settled in Paris, a chilling neighbor and a decomposed corpse, the ingredients of this story promise many sleepless nights.
It’s a blood-curdling novel. Horror novel fans listen up. Disenchanted souls, stay. We will talk about a diary. Handed over, in Paris, to the narrator of the story by a police commissioner, who less than 24 hours later slits his veins. Violent death. Just like the author of the diary. His neck broken, his insides exposed, his feet shackled, his corpse, decomposed, was in his apartment, locked from the inside.
What happened in this attic of a dismal building on Rue de Paradis? Suicide? Murder? Or worse ? Who was this American, solitary, openly homosexual, whose body no one claimed?
“ The abyss » is the title of the new novel by the master of darkness Nicolas Chemla, published by Editions du Cherche-Midi. This dark work, which mixes demons, sexes and darkness, promises you sleepless nights.
Reporting : On the occasion of the 75th anniversary of the Magnum photography agency, Laxmi Lota went to visit the exhibition “ Close Enough – 12 women photographers of Magnum » at the Hangar in Brussels, Belgium. Twelve American, Lebanese, Turkish, Spanish and even German women. Each of these photographers tells through their work an experience, a story, a reflection.