La Serpe

Prix Femina · 2017 · Winner

JulliardAugust 17, 2017Literary Fiction Biography & Memoir

Award History

Award	Year	Status	Citation
Prix Femina	2017	Winner

About This Book

A seven-hundred-page meticulously researched reconstruction of a 1941 triple murder at a Périgord château, combining detective work, personal digression, and moral reflection in Jaenada's signature digressive style.

About the Author

Philippe JaenadaFR

Philippe Jaenada is a French novelist born in 1964 in Montpellier. He is the author of a distinctive body of work that blends novelistic technique, documentary research, and a peculiarly digressive first-person voice. His books typically focus on real historical figures who were either wrongly convicted or somehow failed by justice, combining detective-work rigor with literary playfulness. Read more →