""La Maison Vide" ("The Empty House")"
""I'm overjoyed," Mauvignier said as he received the prize."
""It's 'a huge reward because it's a book that comes from (my) childhood and spans several generations.'""
Laurent Mauvignier received the Goncourt, France's top literary award, for La Maison Vide, a 750-page family saga covering over a century. The jury selected him in a single round of voting. Mauvignier expressed joy and called the prize a huge reward tied to stories from his childhood that span several generations. He had been shortlisted alongside Emmanuel Carrere, Nathacha Appanah, and Caroline Lamarche. The Goncourt typically drives book sales into the hundreds of thousands while offering a symbolic cheque of €10. Mauvignier's prior English translations include The Birthday Party, The Wound, and In the Crowd.
Read at The Local France
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