So yes. I have been a fan of Karine Giebel for years, and I am always carried away by her novels, these “cobwebs” in which she grabs the reader without hope of escape, before releasing him long after having read the last line.
Karine Giebel is more than 2 million books sold. But the. It is a very, very good vintage that she publishes at Plon. It’s called “Glen Affric”.
The plot revolves around 3 main characters. Léonard, the “triso” as the children of his school call him. A “different” child, mistreated, harassed, racketed, endowed with Herculean strength, he nevertheless endures without defending himself, months and months of pain, this daily abuse.
He is “a child found in a ditch, on a Thursday, November 6, in the rain, all muddy, by Mona, who will pick him up and bring him up.” This story, he knows it by heart and tells it at will. .
Mona has an older son who he does not know. This eldest son, Jorge lives far away. To Glen Affric, Mo explained. Glen Affric, Scottish village west of Loch Ness. Glen Affric, a place that makes young Leonardo dream, he talks about it every day.
A place he promised himself to discover, one day with this brother he does not know. Corn life will take care of sowing pitfalls and misfortunes on the road of this family like no other. The prison will catch them in its nets. Dent them, take them to the edge of madness.
Léonard, Jorge, Mo, 3 characters who, from the first pages grab you by the hand, squeezing very hard, so as not to let go until the end.
I was telling you about prison. Know that confinement is a notion that can be found in different forms (sequestration, amorous hold, prison …) in the novels of Karine Giebel. Why ? She answers us in our podcast.
Do not miss this novel whose you will devour the 762 pages. And no doubt you will do like me: slow down your reading on the last 100 pages, so as not to leave Leonardo, Jorge, Mo … and Glen Affric too quickly.