Staged Reading: Bel Abîme

Place de l'Hôtel de ville, Médiathèque

Ported by four voices, this staged reading brings Yahel Manai’s novel Bel Abîme to life, a work that has won numerous prizes (Arabic Literature Prize, Orange Book Prize in Africa, Texto Prize of the Sorbonne Nouvelle, Métis Novel Prize for High Schoolers, Golden Algae Prize, La Passerelle Prize, Flaubert Prize, Micheline Prize). A rebellious teenager fervently narrates his cruel awakening to the world. Fortunately, there is Bella: between them, unconditional love amid a society that scorns the weak — even the dogs that are shot “so that rage may not spread among the people.” But the…