A debut novel traces a mother-daughter bind across generations
In « Décolorer sa fille », Lucie Bérard follows Paula, 25, through a nervy interior monologue that Télérama describes as cinematic and poetic.
Télérama has reviewed « Décolorer sa fille », a first novel by Lucie Bérard, describing it as a striking work built as a long interior monologue with a nervous, jagged style.
According to the outlet, the book follows Paula, 25, who feels trapped in her condition as a woman, much as the women before her in her family were. Bérard is said to explore questions of class and gender destiny through Paula's story.
Télérama calls the writing cinematic and poetic in its treatment of the ambiguous relationship between mother and daughter at the novel's center. No publisher, publication date or further plot details were given in the material available.
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