Seldom so enthusiastic: This literary road movie has cult potential
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- 15 Mar 2023
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In "Villa Royal", the 33-year-old French-speaking Swiss author Emmanuelle Fournier-Lorentz lets a family flee the trauma of their father's death and his gambling debts for years.
This young author does everything right in her debut novel. She has an original family story, ventures into life philosophy, lets her characters dream and talks alternately tenderly and sarcastically and she has the courage to use strong visual language. Above all, Emmanuelle Fournier-Lorentz has chosen the right narrative perspective: she lets a young adult tell about the crazy, turbulent five years of her childhood with cunning, gruff humor and a lot of melancholy. She avoids naive children's language and yet is close to their attitude towards life. Family is a precious madness here! Read More…
