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