The French author takes aim at marriage, childhood and her illustrious family name in the finale of a landmark autofictional trilogy“What is your name? My name is Nobody, a name is nothing, like family, like childhood, I don’t believe in it, I don’t want it.” Constance Debré has a grand name – her grandfather was the prime minister who drafted the French constitution – and she’s long been tryi…
Name by Constance Debré review – a demolition of bourgeois life
April 12, 2025