Vincennes became a crossing point for all fans of American literature

If the Festival America de Vincennes became one of the most important appointments of the life of the letters, the same title that the excellent dramatic travellers to St Malo festival, it is with enthusiasm and tenacity of a passionate literature American and history of the Indians of America, Francis Geffard. Child, Vincennes, he spent every day in a toy shop that made dream on the back of the school.

Later, at the age of twenty-one years, he bought the premises and creates the Millepages bookshop, which has since continued to grow to become a compelling event vincennois readers and elsewhere. Because, not content to sell books, Geffard had come as early as the 1980s, the largest American Novelists for public meetings with readers. Vincennes became a crossing point for all fans of American literature.

During his many trips to the United States, Geffard note that many excellent writers are not translated home. Of Asterix, here it is become editor in Albin Michel, where he launched in 1992 collections Indian land and land of America, who discover James Welch, Charles D'Ambrosio, Kevin Canty, Joseph Boyden, Elwood Reid, Sherman Alexie, Mary Crow Dog, Brady Udall, David Treuer, Louis Owens, Richard Hugo to cite only them. It was therefore logical that either at Vincennes that Francis Geffard organizes the America Festival, biennial event which has continued to grow since its inception in 2002.

Again this year, the list of 60 of novelists who made the displacement is dazzling. Note, for the first time at Vincennes, the presence of the absolute star, Bret Easton Ellis, which came to defend in France his latest opus, "Suite (Imperial (s)", recovery, twenty-five years later, of his bestseller "less than zero". BEE is not sparing himself because he will participate in several round tables (including one in Los Angeles), will sign his books at the Café of the booksellers and attend the reading of his novel by François Cluzet, Sunday afternoon.

The other present novelists include Guillermo Arriaga (writer of "21 grams" and "babel") for "Mexico, district South", Ethan Canin (America, America"), Joseph Boyden ("the seasons of loneliness"), Louise Erdrich ("the curse of doves"), Dan Fante, son of the great John Fante ("hard alcohol and engineering"), Barry Gifford, author of"Sailor and Lula"which David Lynch shot the film of the same name, James Grady, author of "three days of the condor" ("Mad Dogs"), Adam Haslett ("the Intrusion"). And also Colum McCann, Jay McInerney, Kim Thuy, Lyonel Trouillot, Zoé Valdés

For this Edition, Francis Geffard and his team chose "the city" as red yarn: Portland, Chicago, New York, New Orleans, Mexico City, Havana, Port - au Prince, Toronto, Montreal, Vancouver Many meetings and discussions, screenings of films and concerts, exhibitions of photographs and writing workshops will be held on this theme. A not to miss, the evening "Literature and film" with a tray prestigious (Jacques Audiard, Bret Easton Ellis, Barry Gifford, Bertrand Tavernier), followed by a screening of "Sailor and Lula". the evening "USA, the black city" followed by the projection of "Clockers" of Spike Lee, in the presence of the author of the novel, Richard Price; bites Jay McInerney - Frédéric Beigbeider on the theme "night bird"; Dan Fante Conference on the difficulty to be the son of his father; readings by Sylvie Testud, Irène Jacob, Emmanuelle Devos, Isaac de Bankolé, Thierry Frémont For the nostalgic for "The lament of the seal in Alaska", mythical song of the québécois group Beau Dommage, its former leader Michel Rivard concert. Tabernacle