Gaëlle Bélem is from La Réunion. She is the author of two novels in French – Un monstre est là, derrière la porte (2020) and Le fruit le plus rare (2023) – both published by Gallimard. She teaches Latin, History and Geography to secondary school students and works as an associate judge in a juvenile court.
Un monstre est là, derrière la porte was awarded the Grand Prix du Roman Métis (2020) and the Prix André Dubreuil du Premier Roman (2020).
The name Dessaintes is one to reckon with. A bombastic, violent and increasingly dangerous clan, little do they know that their downfall is being chronicled by one of their own.
This is La Reunion in the 1980s: high unemployment and low expectations, the legacy of postcolonialism....
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