The killer-nanny novel that conquered France

She has made a gigantic impact with her novel “Chanson Douce”. It was het second novel. The writer Leïla Slimani, who has Moroccon roots, gained prominence with her book and gained an important French literary price. In this article you will read more about this writer and her career. The subjects Slimani takes on, including infanticide, are so unmentionable you feel you are tempting the fates by mere proximity.

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