Kevin Lambert’s book That our joy remains is in the first selection of the Goncourt, an important literary prize awarded at the beginning of November.

Note that the author is also on the first selection of the December prize. The author has already distinguished himself before during the season of literary prizes in France. His novel You Will Love What You Killed was a finalist for the Prix Médicis in 2021, while Querelle de Roberval, published in France under the name Querelle, won the Prix Sade in 2019, in addition to being selected for the Wepler and Medici prizes the same year.

Kevin Lambert’s third novel was published in mid-August in France, published by Le Nouvel Attila.