Noir, comme d'habitude

Synopsis of Noir, comme d'habitude

«Noir, comme d’habitude» is the short story collection by Annie Saumont, published by Pocket in paperback (123 pages, in French).

The stories explore how a tiny detail can change a life: a man marked by a childhood phrase, a woman who revives her mother upon finding a wicker armchair, and a prisoner’s passion for the writer who visits him. Dreamy, forgotten children populate a world where poetry alters the everyday and adds colour to black.

In 2003, the work received the Prix de la Nouvelle from the Académie française for the author’s body of work.

For readers of short fiction and French narrative seeking stories with a poetic and emotional undertone.