Do you still love me? Then I hope this hurts. I've decided to forget you!
Novel from 13 years - Actes Sud Jeunesse - Collection Romans Ado Rentrée littéraire Ado 2014 Paperback 100 pages, and digital (Epub, Kindle...) The story: "She's here. She probably had to skip school to get to my school on time. I know she knows I've seen her. But I won't give her a second glance. I'm not going to give her a chance. It's over, you can die! Do you still love me? Then I hope it hurts. I've decided to forget you."
Yanis is madly in love with Camille. But being "sure" with a girl, taking the initiative, acting, is easier said than done. Becoming a man, yes, but what kind of man? Paralysed by doubt, Yanis is tempted to duck and run... to forget Camille. At the risk of being overtaken by his feelings.
A novel about passion and the construction of a masculine identity in adolescence.
The characters from MY REPUTATION and MY BROTHER SOUL return in this novel, with the heroines Laura and Camille providing the link between the stories.
AWARDS
PRIX AU CÅ’UR DES PAGES de Nort-sur-Erdre 2019
Programme 2016 de l’ÉDUCATION NATIONALE, lectures cursives jeunesse, classes de 4e, « Dire l’amour, dire l’absence »
PRIX DES COLLÉGIENS DE CLAMART 2016
DéfiBabelio 2015-2016 et 2016-2017
Sélection Prix des lycéens francophones de Turquie 2018
Sélection Prix C@Lire DES lycéens Fougerais 2019
Sélection du Prix littéraire des jeunes Caladois « Slam ta lecture » 2016
Sélection Prix des lycées de Rueil 2016
Sélection Prix Litterado 2016
Sélection Prix Tapage 2016
PRESS REVIEWS (extracts)
This short, intimate story, full of humanity, is a must-read novel for young readers this autumn. ELLE
This short, ferocious novel puts us in the head of a teenager mired in the abysmal pain of disappointment in love in a way that few novels can. (...) The radical intensity of this little gem, (from) the very first lines. Ouch, ouch, ouch! YOUNG O CENTRE
COUP DE CŒUR! Never before have so few words and so much finesse captured what it's like to be 16. Shaking authenticity. Luminous. EN QUÊTE D'UN GRAND PEUT-ÊTRE
At last, a love story told by a boy! JE BOUQUINE
Striking acuity and simplicity, and infinite tenderness for its characters. GO READ
A powerful novel about adolescence, Oublier Camille ends with a smile and a tear in the corner of your eye. LA MARE AUX MOTS
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