by Marie Ndiaye · Gatopardo Ediciones · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788412302158
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A masterful psychological thriller that explores the lives of three women who refuse to be victims of their circumstances. Lawyer Susane, accustomed to dealing with low-profile cases, receives an unexpected assignment related to an event that has caused shock in Bordeaux. A man named Gilles Principaux comes to her office to ask her to defend his wife Marlyne, an exemplary mother who, for no apparent reason, has drowned the couple's three children in the bathtub. The novel explores themes of trauma, memory, and the struggle for personal autonomy, with prose that has been praised for its beauty and strength.
Marie NDiaye is a French novelist, playwright and screenwriter. She published her first novel, Quant au riche avenir, when she was 17. She won the Prix Goncourt in 2009 for her novel Trois femmes puissantes. Her play Papa doit manger is the sole play by a living female writer to be part of the repertoire of the Comédie française. She co-wrote the screenplay for the 2022 legal drama Saint Omer alongside its director Alice Diop, and Amrita David. In September 2022, the film was selected as France's official selection for Best International Film at the 95th Academy Awards. The English translation of her novel The Witch, by Jordan Stump, was published in 2026 and was shortlisted for the International Booker Prize.
