What You Need From The Night

A triumph of tamped power and unsutured emotion … one of the most exquisite debuts I’ve read for some time * Daily Telegraph *
Affecting and haunting * Observer *
A short blast of a novel: a howl of pain, impotence and rage. The prose, fluently translated by Shaun Whiteside, is precise and unadorned * Spectator *
Heartbreaking … haunts you long after you’ve put it down * Libération *
A tragedy of unconditional love * L’Obs *
As sublime as it is painful * Le Parisien *
A poignant, modest, moving book * Télérama *
It’s impossible not to devour this heartbreaking and beautiful short text in one gulp * Psychologie Mag *
An unforgettable first novel, Laurent Petitmangin writes as one lives. And it’s dazzling * L’Est Républicain *
Petitmangin tells his story of generational shock with a painful quality, a deep voice charged with sadness and a touching efficiency. Memorable * El País *
A block of raw emotion * Paris Match *
He describes with inifinite accuracy the violence of a father not being able to recognise his son anymore * Femme Actuelle *
It shines with the dazzling yet minimalist style that probes hearts and consciences * La Provence *
Magnificent! * France Inter *
Everytime, Laurent Petitmangin finds the right word * Le Figaro *

Laurent Petitmangin was born in 1965 in the east of France into a family of railway workers. He works for Air France KLM. He has written a number of manuscripts over the years that have mostly sat in a drawer. He now lives with his four children around Paris.

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