Lorette Nobécourt's 'Nous' Reviewed as Her Best Work
Emmanuel Tibloux reviews Lorette Nobécourt's novel 'Nous', published in 2002. Nobécourt, known for her self-excavation project since her 1994 debut 'La Démangeaison', which explored psoriasis in raw language, continued with 'L'Équarrissage' (1997) about death's intrusion into life. 'Nous' is deemed her best book, featuring torrential single-sentence chapters and fourteen narrators. It blends power and precision, probing the body, spirit, individual and collective history, genealogies, and affects. The review contrasts it with her previous novel 'Substance', which suffered from emphatic incantation. Tibloux praises 'Nous' for its continuous miracle of accuracy and effectiveness, leaving the reader awestruck by the work's raw splendor and reassured by its redemption of the mediocre and terrible in life.
Key facts
- Lorette Nobécourt's novel 'Nous' is reviewed by Emmanuel Tibloux.
- The review appears in artpress in November 2002.
- Nobécourt's debut novel 'La Démangeaison' was published in 1994.
- Her novel 'L'Équarrissage' was published three years after her debut.
- 'Nous' features one sentence per chapter and fourteen narrators.
- The review considers 'Nous' Nobécourt's best book to date.
- Her previous novel 'Substance' is criticized for emphatic incantation.
- The review describes the writing as a continuous miracle of justness and efficiency.
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Artists
- Lorette Nobécourt
- Emmanuel Tibloux
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- artpress
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