Emmanuel Carrère

Writer

Emmanuel Carrère is a French author, screenwriter and film director known for literary nonfiction, biographies and novels that blend reporting and personal reflection.

Born 1957 in Paris. Works include investigative nonfiction and literary biographies; active from the 1980s to the present.

DeBaser hosts a handful of reviews of Emmanuel Carrère focused on his nonfiction novels and biographies. Critics emphasize Carrère's investigative empathy, his dry precise prose, and the moral questions his work raises. Key themes: deceit, social appearance, grief, and the effort to understand extreme human behavior.

For:Readers of literary nonfiction, true-crime and biography enthusiasts, fans of contemporary French literature.

 It is obscene, what is recounted here, and at the same time revealing.

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 "A science fiction writer is not allowed to believe in what he tells, otherwise imagine the confusion."

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 Living, in general, means being in danger.

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 After reading this book, the question everyone should ask themselves is: Are we really convinced we know well the people around us?

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