The Villa Gillet
Founded in 1987, the Villa Gillet welcomes in Lyon fiction and non-fiction writers, artists and scholars from over the world to ponder issues relevant to our ever shiflting world. The Villa Gillet makes the work of exciting contemporary thinkers accessible to the largest audience possible, by organizing events during the year, and during its festivals : the International Forum on the Novel — happening every year in May since 2007— co-organized with "Le Monde", Walls and Bridges, a ten-day series of events that happened from 2011 to 2013 and Mode d'emploi : un festival des idées — a festival of public debates — initiated in 2012.
Women’s stories
Sophie Divry - DR / Kaoutar Harchi © Renaud Monfourny / Vanessa Schneider © Benjamin Colombel
25 rue Chazière
Lyon 4ème
Supported by Actes Sud, Noir sur Blanc and Stock. In partnership with Librairie Rive Gauche.
How does one tell the story of a woman’s life? Three young novelists show us how this new literary season, sensitively and subtly plunging the reader smack into the midst of twisted fates. Sophie Divry, Kaoutar Harchi and Vanessa Schneider write about women, about ordinary lives and those moments when everything changes: high hopes and disillusionment, the small truths of the day-to-day, bruised souls and disappointment in love. They write about the desire for liberation and freedom, on the strong, stubborn, and often deceptive hope that life lies elsewhere.
6 € / Free for students, unemployed and Amis de la Villa Gillet.
