by Lola Lafon · Actes Sud Editions · libro de bolsillo · ISBN 9782330051204
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«La petite communiste qui ne souriait jamais» is the novel by Lola Lafon, published by Actes Sud Editions in paperback (320 pages, in French).
The narrator imagines the life of a fourteen-year-old Romanian gymnast turned world myth at the 1976 Montreal Olympic Games. The novel traces the young woman's trajectory between public adoration and state manipulations, and reflects on the invention and evaluation of the female body.
It belongs to the Babel collection. The novel won the Prix de la Closerie des Lilas and the Grand prix de l'héroïne Madame Figaro.
Aimed at readers of literary and contemporary fiction interested in elite sport and the Cold War context.
Lola Lafon is a French writer and musician.
