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 ...
Joy Sorman
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. 