Sophie Divry's « Rochebrune » rides Médicis nod into foreign markets
Published in August by Actes Sud, the novel is selling more than 1,500 copies a week and has already found publishers in four countries, according to Livres Hebdo.
« Rochebrune », the new novel by Sophie Divry, came out on 19 August with Actes Sud and is now selling more than 1,500 copies a week, according to Livres Hebdo. The outlet reports that the book has been helped by a notice-grabbing appearance on the television programme La Grande Librairie and by its place on the selection for the Prix Médicis.
According to the same report, rights to « Rochebrune » have already been sold in four countries, a sign of the kind of international traction French publishers like to point to during Frankfurt, where the Livres Hebdo piece situates the story.
Livres Hebdo notes that the novel's sales are running at more than twice the pace of Divry's previous book, « Fantastique histoire d'amour », published by Seuil. No further detail on plot, length or the specific countries involved is given in the source material.
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