Twenty Years On, King Kong Théorie Still Resonates

Le Courrier has published a piece gathering reactions to the twentieth anniversary of King Kong Théorie, Virginie Despentes's essay that appeared in 2006. The Geneva-based paper, in an article titled "Page égalité titre à trouver," collected testimonies from readers and activists about what the book meant to them when they first encountered it.

Among those quoted is Antea Tomicic, a militante and theatre director, who told Le Courrier that reading King Kong Théorie gave her a feeling of jubilation and relief — a sensation she said has struck her only a handful of times in her life.

According to Le Courrier, that same mixture of feelings runs through the other reactions the paper collected, two decades after the book's original publication. The outlet's report does not detail further names or further specifics beyond this reception, and no publisher activity tied to the anniversary — reissue, new edition or event — is mentioned in the source.