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Carrère was shocked by the case, given that one of the murdered children was the same age as his son, and decided to write Romand's story. Carrère is not only the author of the book, but appears in the novel as the narrator of the story. The challenge that the French author set himself was not easy at all.
When the author of The Adversary decides to write the book, his intention is to carry out research that will help Fax Lists him understand the reason for Romand's actions. He began sending letters to Romand in prison, but he did not begin to respond until 1995. The investigation was a roller coaster in which the author even suspended writing the book for two years due to Romand's constant lies.
In the end, despite Carrère's effort to give some meaning to the character of the murderer, who was finally sentenced to life imprisonment, he ends up recognizing that he is not able to discern whether or not Romand's actions are motivated by the liar who lives in he.
We finished our tour without leaving France. On this occasion we focus on the book Laëtitia or the end of men , by Ivan Jablonka (Paris, 1973-). The book tells the story of Laëtitia Perrais, a young 18-year-old waitress who disappeared on the night of January 18 to 19, 2011.
The case had a great media impact from the first moment. Two days after the disappearance, the murderer was captured, but he refused to confess where he had hidden the body. After several weeks of incessant police work, Laëtitia's body was found dismembered. When it was also discovered that the murderer had a long history of previous arrests, the then president of France, Nicolas Sarkozy, used the case to attack judges and criticize what he considered to be cracks in the judicial system.
With these threads, Jablonka constructs a story that is part chronicle of events, part non-fiction novel, in which he addresses not only the murder, the political reaction, that of society, the judges or the personality of the murderer, but also that focuses on the figure and life of the victim.
Through her messages on social networks, the testimony of her twin sister and the environment in which she lived, it is clear that Laëticia was a victim long before her murder. Her father abused his wife, she was adopted by a family whose father raped several girls, including her sister... As the reading progresses, the book becomes a tribute to a brave young woman who, despite the harshness of his existence, he takes advantage of every opportunity that life gives him to improve his situation.
When the author of The Adversary decides to write the book, his intention is to carry out research that will help Fax Lists him understand the reason for Romand's actions. He began sending letters to Romand in prison, but he did not begin to respond until 1995. The investigation was a roller coaster in which the author even suspended writing the book for two years due to Romand's constant lies.
In the end, despite Carrère's effort to give some meaning to the character of the murderer, who was finally sentenced to life imprisonment, he ends up recognizing that he is not able to discern whether or not Romand's actions are motivated by the liar who lives in he.
We finished our tour without leaving France. On this occasion we focus on the book Laëtitia or the end of men , by Ivan Jablonka (Paris, 1973-). The book tells the story of Laëtitia Perrais, a young 18-year-old waitress who disappeared on the night of January 18 to 19, 2011.
The case had a great media impact from the first moment. Two days after the disappearance, the murderer was captured, but he refused to confess where he had hidden the body. After several weeks of incessant police work, Laëtitia's body was found dismembered. When it was also discovered that the murderer had a long history of previous arrests, the then president of France, Nicolas Sarkozy, used the case to attack judges and criticize what he considered to be cracks in the judicial system.
With these threads, Jablonka constructs a story that is part chronicle of events, part non-fiction novel, in which he addresses not only the murder, the political reaction, that of society, the judges or the personality of the murderer, but also that focuses on the figure and life of the victim.
Through her messages on social networks, the testimony of her twin sister and the environment in which she lived, it is clear that Laëticia was a victim long before her murder. Her father abused his wife, she was adopted by a family whose father raped several girls, including her sister... As the reading progresses, the book becomes a tribute to a brave young woman who, despite the harshness of his existence, he takes advantage of every opportunity that life gives him to improve his situation.