After writing the story of a butcher in love with a cow in Comme une bête (2012; Like a Beast), Joy Sorman published La Peau de l’ours (2014; The Skin of the Bear). This fable-like novel follows the trials of a half-bear, half-human creature, inviting us to consider the link between attraction and repulsion and the slender line between beast and human.
Joy Sorman
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International Forum on the Novel 2015: Keywords
Each year, the International Forum on the Novel in Lyon, France, invites authors to write about a “keyword” of their choice. The following texts are drawn from this year’s forum, presented by the Villa Gillet and Le Monde in partnership with France Inter and Les Subsistances (Lyon). The full list of participating English-language writers and […]









