The Goncourt Academy announced the longlist for the Prix Goncourt, considered to the be the most prestigious literary prize in France. The winner be announced on November 4.
Le divan de Staline by Jean-Daniel Baltassat, (Seuil)
La claire fontaine by David Bosc, (Verdier)
Le quatrième mur by Sorj Chalandon,(Grasset)
Il faut beaucoup aimer les hommes by Marie Darrieussecq, (POL)
Petites scènes capitales by Sylvie Germain, (Albin Michel)
La première pierre by Pierre Jourde, (Gallimard)
Au revoir là-haut by Pierre Lemaître, (Albin-Michel)
Naissance by Yann Moix, (Grasset)
Palladium by Boris Razon, (Stock)
Les Evaporés by Thomas B Reverdy, (Flammarion)
Le cas Eduard Einstein by Laurent Seksik, (Flammarion)
L’échange des princesses by Chantal Thomas, (Seuil)
Nue by Jean-Philippe Toussaint, (Minuit)
L’invention de nos vies by Karine Tuil, (Grasset)
Arden by Frédéric Verger, (Gallimard)