Berlin mon garçon

A young man disappears in Berlin. Did he radicalize? Is he preparing a crime? His mother, Marina, leaves her bookshoop in Chinon to track him. A certain Rüdiger is to accommodate her in his appartement. Upon arrival of the French lady, he admits his first lie to her. Others will follow. Jackdaws swirl around in the sky… This is how Marie NDiaye’s new play starts. Femina Award for Rosie Carpe (2001), Prix Goncourt for Three strong women (2009), the novelist has been writing drama for twenty years. Stanislas Nordey, fierce defender of contemporary writing, addresses his daunting universe, his haughty and suggestive language for the first time.