Rachida Brakni Publishes Her First Novel While Playing Médée Onstage
In an interview with Télérama, the actress discusses her debut book, "La Part absente," and denounces France's persistent habit of reducing citizens like her to their origins.
Rachida Brakni has published her first novel, "La Part absente," at the same time she is appearing onstage as Médée, according to Télérama. The actress spoke to the magazine about both projects together, treating the writing and the role as connected moments in her public life this season.
The interview, published by Télérama on November 2, focuses less on the plot of the novel, about which no details are given in the source material, than on what Brakni describes as a recurring experience: being asked, again and again, to account for her origins rather than being simply considered French. "Quand va-t-on enfin considérer que nous sommes des Français à part entière ?" she asks in the piece's headline question, a line that frames the conversation.
Brakni also addresses, in the wake of the attack in Trappes, her concern about a resurgence of racism in France, according to the Télérama summary. The magazine does not elaborate further on the specifics of that attack or her remarks beyond this framing.
No publisher, release date or further description of "La Part absente" is given in the available material.
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