Winner of the 2018 Albertine Prize Finalist for the 2018 Lamba Literary Awards Finalist for the 2018 French American Foundation Translation Prize Available in a new edition, Anne Garréta's sensual portrayal of trysts past. Not One Day begins with a maxim: "Not one day without a woman." What follows is an intimate, erotic, and sometimes bitter recounting of loves and lovers past, breathtakingly written, exploring the interplay between memory, fantasy, and desire. Organized alphabetically, Not One Day remembers the evanescent thrill of each encounter, dismissing the ultimatum of truth in favor of an enigmatic assemblange. "For life is too short to submit to reading poorly written books and sleeping with women one does not love."
Anne Garreta Livres
Anne F. Garréta est une romancière française célébrée pour son appartenance au collectif littéraire expérimental Oulipo. Son écriture explore constamment les limites du langage et de la narration, remettant souvent en question les structures conventionnelles. Elle est reconnue pour sa subversion ludique des normes grammaticales, notamment dans un roman d'initiation qui relate une histoire d'amour dépourvue de pronoms de genre. L'œuvre de Garréta explore des thèmes de perte linguistique et offre des perspectives uniques sur la déconstruction littéraire, consolidant sa réputation de voix distinctive et intellectuellement stimulante dans la littérature contemporaine.



A landmark literary event: the first novel by a female member of Oulipo in English, a sexy genderless love story.
In Concrete
- 152pages
- 6 heures de lecture
The newest novel by Prix Medicis-winner Anne Garreta, In Concrete is a feminist inversion of a domestic drama crossed with Oulipian nursery rhyme.