It sounds violent when you say it like that, but that’s it: It’s your carnage, Simonethe first novel by Chloë Rolland, actually tells the story of a fight, which keeps us in suspense from the first to the very last page.
The book transports us to a Griffintown that is less polished than we know it today, just before chic condo towers sprung up there.
Two stories intersect. On one side: Simone, who sticks to the old boxing club where she grew up, and almost lost everything, because it’s all she has left.
On the other: Béatrice, who one day lands in a small hotel opposite the said club, to understand from whom strange anonymous text messages are coming, where she thinks she hears the voice of her brother – an ex-boxing enthusiast, of course. he clarified – died tragically.
It seems disjointed summarized like that, and yet, as the story unfolds, through a narration that alternates between the two women, moving cheerfully from the present to the past, to make it even more complicated, everything ends up falling into place, and what a place! Because as we said, the writing is breathless. Effective. Very heartfelt.
She is also building a family fresco here. trash fascinating, with a tender and unexpected love story as a backdrop. Despite an obviously somewhat predictable finale of carnage, remember the name of this talented author to follow.
It’s your carnage, Simone
Del Busso editor
181 pages