Delphine de Vigan
Author of No and Me
About the Author
Works by Delphine de Vigan
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La bibliothèque des écrivains: Le livre qui a changé leur vie (2021) — Contributor — 4 copies, 1 review
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- Canonical name
- Vigan, Delphine de
- Other names
- Delvig, Lou
- Birthdate
- 1966-03-01
- Gender
- female
- Nationality
- France
- Country (for map)
- France
- Birthplace
- Boulogne-Billancourt, Hauts-de-Seine, Île-de-France, France
- Education
- Ecole des hautes études en sciences de l'information et de la communication, Celsa (Formation)
- Occupations
- Romancière
Scénariste - Relationships
- Busnel, François (Compagnon)
- Organizations
- Institut de sondage (Directrice d'études)
- Awards and honors
- Prix Renaudot (2015)
- Short biography
- De Vigan wrote her first four novels by night while working at a public opinion firm in Alfortville by day. Her first published work, Jours sans faim (2001), was published under the pseudonym Lou Delvig, although since then she has written under her own name.[1]
Her breakthrough work was No et moi (2007), which won the Rotary International Prize in 2009 as well as France's prestigious Prix des libraires. The novel was translated into twenty languages and a film adaptation was released in 2010 (No et moi directed by Zabou Breitman).[1] Following the book's success, she became a full-time professional writer.
In 2011, her novel Rien ne s'oppose à la nuit ("Nothing holds back the night"), which deals with a family coping with a woman's bipolar disorder, won another clutch of French literary prizes, including the prix du roman Fnac, the prix Roman France Télévisions, the Grand prix des lectrices de Elle, and the Prix Renaudot des lycéens.
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Niets weerstaat de nacht by Delphine De Vigan
This story follows Delphine (who seems to be based rather strongly on the author) and her increasingly toxic friendship with fan turned friend L. I loved the blurring between fiction and reality in this one (how much is actually based on a true story?) but there were sections I found less interesting. For example, there is a lot of talk about the writing process and although I do dabble in the art, I just felt like there was maybe a bit much of it. I mean, I completely get why it's there (I mean, it is a book about an author!) but I wasn't as invested in those parts. While I'm not upset that I read this one I am not particularly interested in seeking out more similar books.… (more)
[b:Underground Time|11354710|Underground Time|Delphine de Vigan|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1316739929l/11354710._SY75_.jpg|7071230] was a library of friendship novel that I suspected might turn out to be a romance. While I was pleased to find it wasn't, the plot turned out to be much more depressing than I expected. It follows two Parisians, Mathilde and Thibault, through one day of their working lives. Both have really tough jobs, Thibault because he is a paramedic constantly dealing with emergencies and Mathilde because her boss is bullying and gaslighting her. Their thoughts and impressions are conveyed beautifully by the skillful writing and translation; unfortunately they are a total downer. Mathilde's experiences in the office are practically devastating, a reminder of how hellish work can be with an evil boss. As De Vigan puts it:
Even in translation that paragraph retains a strongly French vibe, as does the whole book. I appreciated the writing, although I can't say I enjoyed it as such. It offers the opposite of escapism: a visceral evocation of bad traffic, awful bosses, exhaustion, and similar daily miseries.… (more)
Laetitia's speeches, her no-nonsense language, her way of dividing the world in two, used to make Mathilde smile. Sometimes they disagreed. Now she wonders if Laetitia hasn't been right all along. If business isn't the ultimate testing ground for morality. If business isn't by definition a place of destruction. If business with its rituals, its hierarchy, its ways of functioning, is not quite simply the sovereign place of violence and impunity.
Even in translation that paragraph retains a strongly French vibe, as does the whole book. I appreciated the writing, although I can't say I enjoyed it as such. It offers the opposite of escapism: a visceral evocation of bad traffic, awful bosses, exhaustion, and similar daily miseries.… (more)
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- Rating
- 3.8
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