Fiction 17 rue Jacob F - 75006 Paris www.editions-jclattes.fr August 2026 CHAMPION BY NINA BOURAOUI The new novel by one of the greatest contemporary writers, in line with Mes Mauvaises pensées (Prix Renaudot), the portrait of a young girl on fire,...
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Fiction 17 rue Jacob F - 75006 Paris www.editions-jclattes.fr August 2026 CHAMPION BY NINA BOURAOUI The new novel by one of the greatest contemporary writers, in line with Mes Mauvaises pensées (Prix Renaudot), the portrait of a young girl on fire, determined to become a champion to escape the madness of her family and country. Summer 1979: a young girl relentlessly hits a tennis ball with her racket against the wall of her building. She is training to become a champion. It is her escape from childhood, from a country of violent men, from her father’s anger, from her mother’s disarranged love, an escape to better dream of the woman she will become. When she was just six years old, her father signed her up for tennis lessons. With her coach, Monsieur Bacha, she discovered she had invisible and extraordinary powers. But, when people were watching her play, she lost her nerve and lost her matches. So now she plays alone, against a wall, with her Borg racket, her short hair and men’s cloth
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