Entretien

Le soin dans la relation éditoriale

Le cas des Pénitences

Kiev RenaudAlex Viens

Kiev Renaud assisted Alex Viens in the writing of their novel Les Pénitences, published in May 2021 at Le Cheval d’août under her direction. Together, the writer and the editor reflect on their correspondence during the editorial process, and on the relationship woven between them during the long months of work: does the editorial relationship imply a hierarchy? How is it possible to carry out this work ethically when, like in the case of Les Pénitences, the text deals with traumas? Can involvement in the text then be...