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Éric Haviland's Les Batailles d’Hastings Reviewed in artpress

publication · 2026-04-24

The April 2015 issue of artpress (n°421, p. 86) features a review of Éric Haviland's novel Les Batailles d’Hastings. The review opens with a dramatic scene: Cynthia has hanged herself, and Eleonor discovers her body, exclaiming in anger and grief. The narrative centers on the aftermath of this suicide within a shared room.

Key facts

  • artpress n°421, April 2015, p. 86
  • Review of Éric Haviland's Les Batailles d’Hastings
  • Story begins with Cynthia's suicide by hanging
  • Eleonor finds Cynthia's body
  • Eleonor reacts with anger and grief

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Artists

  • Éric Haviland

Institutions

  • artpress

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