L'Amérique des mythes et des faits divers, avec Didier Decoin et Éric Vuillard

"Au Bonheur des livres" invites you today on a journey to America, welcoming two novelists from different generations, Didier Decoin and Éric Vuillard, who share the distinction of having won the Prix Goncourt and have recently written two remarkable books about the United States. In Les Orphelins (Actes Sud), Éric Vuillard explores, in a highly personal and always stylish way, the myth of the infamous Billy the Kid, while Didier Decoin, in Maypops (Stock), tackles a true story from the 1940s in South Carolina, where a young Black man is accused of murder in a particularly oppressive climate of segregation. In their conversation with Claire Chazal, both authors will prompt us to reflect on the connections between the America of yesterday and that of today, so present in our current events: it promises to be fascinating. Guests: Didier Decoin Éric Vuillard Presenters: Claire Chazal