Check out the first list of Goncourt in 2015 – Le Point

The first list of novels shortlisted for the Prix Goncourt in 2015 some surprises. The Gallimard group is hyper-represented, with three authors who compete under the famous white cover (Jean Hatzfeld, Hédi Kaddour and Boualem Sansal), two with his Flammarion subsidiary (Christine Angot and Thomas Reverdy) and two other home POL house that it has 88% (Azoulai Nathalie and Nicolas Fargues).

Delphine de Vigan, the top seller with Based on a true story , is also present as Alain Mabanckou and Denis Tillinac. The stock also rank publish three books (Isabelle Autissier, Simon Liberati and Tobie Nathan). The presence of the sailor Isabelle Autissier for his third novel Suddenly alone, published last spring a surprise. Like the absences of Amélie Nothomb, who for a decade, managed to get into this first selection, or those of the authors of the house Grasset, generally well placed in the race for prices. Laurent Binet and his novel about the disappearance of Roland Barthes, The Seventh language Function , was not retained. Denis Tilinac, Hold my night, is also a surprise guest of this first list.

Angot and Sansal favorites, but …

As usual, Following the elections in early November remains undecided. Certainly, An impossible love Christine Angot and 2084 Boualem Sansal are favorites. One and one can count on strong advocates, but also fierce detractors.

The jury, this club ladys and gentlemen, often careful not to offend minority. .. That’s why Delphine de Vigan, Mathias Énard with Compass (ed Actes Sud) or Nicolas Fargues can take their game …

– Christine Angot A impossible love (Flammarion)

– Isabelle Autissier Suddenly, only (Stock)

– Nathalie Azoulai did not like Titus Berenice (POL)

– Olivier Bleys Speech tree on the fragility of men (Albin Michel)

– Mathias Énard Compass (Actes Sud)

– Nicolas Fargues In the land of the little (POL)

– Jean Hatzfeld A father blood (Gallimard)

– Hédi Kaddour L are paramount (Gallimard)

– Simon Liberati Eva (Stock)

– Alain Mabanckou Little Pepper (Threshold)

– Tobie Nathan The country that resembles you ( Stock)

– Thomas B. Reverdy It was a town (Flammarion)

– Boualem Sansal 2084 (Gallimard)

– Denis Tillinac Hold my night (Plon)

– Delphine de Vigan Based on a true story (JC Lattes)