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Karim Kattan on his book 'Septentrionale'
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Lafayette Anticipations9 rue du Platre 75004 PARIS Lafayette Anticipations welcomes the writer Karim Kattan to mark the publication of his new novel, Septentrionale, published by Elyzad. A discussion centred on a story in which two strangers travel across a country in the throes of collapse.
At dusk, whilst everyone is fleeing a country gripped by apocalypse, Joseph is hitchhiking at the southern border. Maryam stops. Together, for the space of a single night, they race northwards, crossing a land that is falling apart before their very eyes. From deep forests to ruined villages, a series of mysterious encounters – a dolphin, an old man, perhaps an angel… – rekindle their wounds and their loves, and confront them with the violence that dwells within them. And high above, brighter than any other, the North Star, the Septentrional, lights their way.
In sublime prose, playing with different registers and defying expectations, Karim Kattan has crafted a novel of intense resonance, in which the ancient and the contemporary, myth and wonder, are interwoven.
The reading is accompanied by music from Lola Malique.
The reading is followed by a discussion moderated by Faïza Zerouala.