Doom! Another Nobel! Of course, there was joy in the corridors of Fitzcarraldo Editions, and in the mind of their founder, Jacques Testard, on October 6, at 1 p.m. sharp, when the Swedish Academy announced the name of its new laureate, Annie Ernaux. But once again, we had to roll up our sleeves. Because, at this small London publisher of general literature, which has only six full-time employees, the boss is on all fronts. Talk about Testard to industry giants, Penguin, Hachette Livre UK, HarperCollins. It’s very simple, they are sawn. And they are looking for the secret of his formidable martingale.
Annie Ernaux, Nobel prize for design
The explanation is first of all an English education. Although Jacques Testard was born in Paris (1984), he moved to London with his brother (Pierre published a novel with Actes Sud at the start of the year) and his parents in 1990. They had the good idea to send me and my brother to school in the English system. We spoke English at school, and French at home. We are
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