Her play Papa doit manger has been taken into the repertoire of the Comédie Française. Since then new books have confirmed her talent, as has the fertility of her quirky imagination, both of which set her apart as a writer in the contemporary landscape of French literature. But it was with her subsequent books, La femme changée en bûche [The woman turned into a log] (1989) and En famille [A family affair] (1991), that Ndiaye succeeded in imposing her frightening and unusual stories, admirably served by her subtle and powerful language. With a light touch, never breaking the thread of a masterfully controlled narrative, the author makes a case against post-industrial society in which the collapse of the family leads to the dehumanisation of people. Since all wandering is sterile and identity eternally mutable, Marie Ndiaye’s writing seeks, in the aesthetics of its style and the sparkle of her imagination, an antidote to the chaos of the world.

April 14, 5:00 p.m. Reading (in French) La Règle (The Rule)

Atlanta Premiere!

Followed by a reception. In presence of the author.

Harland Cinema, Dobbs Center

605 Asbury Circle, Emory University

April 15, 11:00 a.m. Lecture about the Novel

DM Smith Building – Lecture Hall 105

685 Cherry Street, Georgia Institute of Technology

April 16, 4:30 p.m. Lecture About Theater

White Hall 110, Emory University

April 17, 4:30 p.m. Round Table ’La Littérature à l’Estomac’

Swann Building #106

613 Cherry Street

Georgia Institute of Technology

For more information, please contact Stéphanie Boulard

stephanie.boulard@modlangs.gatech.edu

T 404-385-0197