A novel about precariousness, prostitution, self -quest and mourning of a homosexual student

Student, the narrator of “photo on request” prostitutes himself to survive, oscillating between desire, love and precariousness. In addition, Marked by the death of his father. Moreover, he wondered about his life, his wounds and his identity, leading a quest for meaning through the investigation into a mysterious photograph. Meanwhile, Simon Chevrier won the Goncourt Prize for the first novel. Therefore, He participated in the marathon of words in Toulouse. However,

“About me. Moreover, Student in tongue, tailor -made lover for cultivated men. In addition, Price and photos on request.” (Extract)

Simon Chevrier’s first novel. Furthermore, Photo on requestdraws up the intimate portrait of a student in Toulouse, who, confronted with material precariousness turns to occasional prostitution to provide for his needs. In addition, He is a modern man. Consequently, It is enough for him to turn on the Grindr or Giton applications to make ephemeral meetings. Nevertheless,

In a way, and to reassure myself, I tell myself that the passes allow me at least to feel alive.

Extract from “Photo on request”

The border between desire, need for love and economic survival is very vague. Consequently, “”In a way, and to reassure myself, I tell novel about precariousness, prostitution, self myself that the passes allow me at least to feel alive. Similarly, “The young person hangs his melancholy, his quest for meaning. Consequently, He does not trust him.” JI am too used to looking down, my feet when I walk instead of fixing the horizon.”

The disease and then his father’s death question him. In addition, “”I have always had the feeling of not having managed to please you“A death that will force the narrator to introspection. Nevertheless, to question. Similarly,

Novel about precariousness. Moreover, prostitution, self

Understand your own story

The young man tries to understand his own story, his wounds and his aspirations. However, As he investigates the photograph of this man in a sitting position, the toe swallowed and the body entirely naked. Nevertheless, Who is it? Nevertheless, What has become of? Furthermore,

Confronted with covid. Consequently, AIDS like all young people of his generation, will he play his novel about precariousness, prostitution, self future in battery or face? Furthermore, “Battle, I give up. Facing, I continue.”

Simon Chevrier will be at Word marathon in Toulouse :

• Reading Thursday, June 26 at 7:30 p.m. Sénéchal room.

• Meeting at the Librairie Ombres Blanches, animated by the students of the Master Creation literary on Friday, June 27 at 11:00 am

This is the story of a man in search of meaning, but also on the edge. What did you want to show or tell with this first book?

It is an autobiographical inspiration. I novel about precariousness, prostitution, self was starting to take an interest in writing. I read a lot and I thought that there may have been something to do around that. At the time. I read a lot of novels where there were empty passages and I was interested in searching it through writing.

I felt a lot of melancholy. Am I wrong or not?

You are not mistaken, on the contrary. Inevitably it is not very, very happy. At the same time, I didn’t want it either to be miserable. So we had to find a tone. a tone in adequacy with the subject and with the time also, which was post-Cavid.

Post-Cavid generation, which is not spared either by AIDS

The relationship between the two arrived in the ultimately quite fortuitous way. My personal concerns have mixed the concerns of society or what we all experienced at the same time. Yes, it is rather an unfortunate novel about precariousness, prostitution, self chance.

There is the anger of injustice.

I was talking about melancholy, but there is also a lot, a lot of anger in your character.

Obviously. there is the anger of the injustice to meet mourning, we will say, finally the preparation for mourning, for this young person. There is also student precariousness that suddenly happens. injustice also in the face of the requirements of the bosses when trying to apply for poorly paid work and then everything that is asked in return and that we have to do without flinching.

He is also a character who does not have a very high opinion of him, who does not trust him.

There. he is someone who, in the end, may not know how to get out of the life he has at that time. He constantly doubts, about his romantic relationships, his professional situation. I think it’s a novel about doubt too.

He constantly doubts.

“No matter how much we were not so close. it doesn’t feel like I feel like I lose part of me.” When his father dies, he has a lot of regrets. There too, did he miss something?

Before my father fell ill, I felt like I didn’t have time to know him finally as an adult. I would have liked him to be able to grow in fact. and that he was proud and then that was not possible.

I was twenty-four when he died. For the past few months, I knew he was going to die. I remember correctly. I felt like the innocence of my youth presented me from the reality of things. Additionally, I felt a bit like in a bubble and then the bubble erupted suddenly.

The history of the photo of the model returns very, very regularly in the work. This character in a sitting position, novel about precariousness, prostitution, self who swallows his toe. What should you see?

In fact, there are three important characters in this book: the narrator, the father and the model. The father is going to leave. he wants to leave a trace, that’s why he makes this video for his children and his family, the desire to leave a trace of him. And in fact. with this photo of this model, I realized that the trace, with regard to it, did not really exist. There was only his image, without his identity being connected with this image. And I found it quite impactful and then sad until I try to find it.

Finally, the end of this story is played in battery or face. Battery, I abandon, face, I continue. For what ?

In fact, we get a little into fiction. For me, the end of this experience did not exactly happen in this way. But I novel about precariousness, prostitution, self believe that it is a little also a symbolism to say. we continue not to listen to ourselves, to go straight into the wall where we try to find a way of doing something. The battery or face, that was it, we continue in Vau-l’Eau where there are choices to make.

The Goncourt of the first novel: it is a very beautiful recognition.

Six months ago, you were someone completely unknown. You get the Goncourt Prize for the first novel for your first book. How do you manage this new notoriety?

It opens doors, clearly. Whether at the press level, whether sales, translations. There is a translation in Spanish which fell twenty-four hours after having Goncourt. It still changes a lot of things. It is a very nice recognition.

When you finished this book, the photo on request was a relief?

The final point was never really a final point because quite simply. novel about precariousness, prostitution, self once I finished version 1, I was very happy, but I knew I had to rework behind. Which did not fail when I sent it to the publishers. They all answered me very quickly. That was rather practical. pleasant, that it is a text that has a lot of potential, but there were narrative holes. Finally, the final point, it may have appeared two weeks before signing with Stock.

A next book?

Yes, it is already ready. He is accepted by my editor. It’s just that there, with Goncourt, we are not going to put the cart before the oxen. We will give time that he already lives in bookstores this summer and perhaps even in the fall. And then after, it will take a little time. So, I think it will not be released for two years.

Toulouse is a city that I miss a lot.

You will be in Toulouse novel about precariousness, prostitution, self this week for the words marathon. What inspires you?

I am extremely happy because as I tell in the. in the book, the genesis of writing came there, living in this city. And come back to this in this regard, it makes me extremely happy. And then, it’s a city that I miss a lot. So. to be honest, not so much the warmth of the South, but I find that it is a city that is very rich and where I, in the end, lived anyway quite extraordinary moments. I am really happy to be invited to the marathon of words. I can’t wait.