A new #AutografiaGOgò event is coming!

Join us for a special book signing with Pierric Bailly, author of Il fulmine (Clichy), who will be signing all your copies!

The Book:

Il fulmine is a novel of passionate love and desolation, reinventing the American nature writing tradition through a European lens.

John, the narrator, is a thirty-year-old shepherd in the Jura region. Each year, he spends five months alone in a cabin, accompanied only by his flock. Roaming the beech and spruce forests of the valley, he encounters all kinds of wildlife: rabbits, chamois, lynxes.

One day, while browsing the news, he stumbles upon a shocking story: Alexandre Perrin, a former high school friend, now a veterinarian and animal rights activist, has been accused of murder. Alexandre allegedly killed a 20-year-old hunter—an argument gone wrong. Now, he’s in custody.

Deeply unsettled, John leaves his isolated retreat to learn more. He reaches out to Nadia, Alexandre’s wife and another former classmate. As their connection rekindles, John is drawn into an unexpected and passionate affair that will upend his life.

Following L’amore ha tre dimensioni and L’uomo dei boschi, this new novel, with its noir undertones, further establishes Bailly as one of France’s most intriguing and elusive literary voices.

The Author:

Pierric Bailly was born in Champagnole in 1982. He has lived in La Frasnée, Lons-le-Saunier, Poids-de-Fiole, and Savagnin—small villages nestled in the forests of the French Jura. After abandoning his film studies, he took on various precarious jobs while pursuing writing.

Today, he divides his time between Lyon and Clairvaux-les-Lacs. His novels, all published in France by P.O.L., include:

• L’amore ha tre dimensioni (Clichy, 2013)
• L’uomo dei boschi (Clichy, 2018)
• Les enfants des autres (2020)
• Le Roman de Jim (2021)

Don’t miss this chance to meet Pierric Bailly in person!