“L’esprit du lieu” collection
Four seasons, four stays, four chapters to capture the spirit of the place. Hélène Gaudy has circled around Lac de Grand-Lieu, traveled its waters, listened to the words of local residents, photographed, documented and explored other landscapes awakened by the lake. A lost garden, a residence under construction, a childhood home, sunken villages, all blend into an intimate and collective cartography, with the lake as both epicenter and shadow zone.
Hélène Gaudy was born in 1979. After training in the plastic arts, she worked on a number of projects involving images and landscapes. She has published several novels, including Vues sur la mer (Les Impressions nouvelles, 2006), Plein hiver (Actes Sud, 2014) and Une île, une forteresse (Inculte, 2016). She is a member of the Inculte collective and the editorial board of La Moitié du fourbi magazine. Her latest novel, Un monde sans rivage (Actes Sud), based on the lacunar photographs of lost polar explorers, was shortlisted for the Prix Goncourt and won SCAM’s Prix François Billetdoux in 2019. She teaches in the Master de Création littéraire program at Paris 8.
“L’esprit du lieu” collection
