Join us

Facebook
Twitter
Instagram
Newsletter

Disturbance: Surviving Charlie Hebdo — a recollection of terror

Newspaper: The FT
Date: Nov 11 2019
URL: https://www.ft.com/content/49c80cba-fff0-11e9-b7bc-f3fa4e77dd47

“Lançon’s memoir, subtly translated by Steven Rendall, gives an uneasy feeling of voyeurism at times, such as when he depicts his surroundings once silence fell on the murder scene — the open skull of his friend lying nearby; the discovery of his own injuries; shreds of flesh in place of his lower jaw. And yet, amid the horrific images, literature arises. It is a process that leaves the reader shaken and is one that Lançon admits he himself fails to grasp.”