PHOTOGRAPHER : GUILLAUME MILLET

STYLIST : BERNARD GUSTAVE

PHOTOGRAPHER - RICHARD DUBOIS

September 25, 2011 will mark the two-year anniversary of famed Québec literary star Nelly Arcan’s death. Arcan left the world a body of published works now translated in a variety of languages, including Putain (2001; English: Whore, 2004); Folle (2004); and À ciel ouvert (2007), which all gained critical recognition. Putain was nominated for the prestigious French literary awards Prix Fémina and Prix Médicis, while Folle was also a finalist for the Prix Fémina. 

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So this is how it happened. There was no premeditated plan on my part to travel to this particular destination. I was thinking California, maybe New Mexico. I’d already been to Paris this year and got caught up in one of the crippling strikes the French are famous (or infamous) for, and crossed Europe off my list of upcoming jaunts. Then, as I was skimming through the million and a half newsletters I subscribe to, the word Monaco suddenly caught my eye.