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Caroline Hoctan's 'Dans l’existence de cette vie-là' Celebrates Literary Intoxication

publication · 2026-04-24

Caroline Hoctan's book 'Dans l’existence de cette vie-là', published by Fayard, celebrates real life as the intoxication of literature. The narrative follows a protagonist on a prodigious, endless wandering. Reviewed in artpress n°438, November 2016, p. 88.

Key facts

  • Book title: Dans l’existence de cette vie-là
  • Author: Caroline Hoctan
  • Publisher: Fayard
  • Reviewed in artpress n°438, November 2016, p. 88
  • The book celebrates the intoxication of literature
  • Narrative involves a prodigious and interminable wandering

Entities

Artists

  • Caroline Hoctan

Institutions

  • Fayard
  • artpress

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