2003 : L’Évangile selon Véronique
Paris, Albin Michel, 168 pages.
The real title of this novel is “L’Évangile selon Véronique”, not “L’Évangile de Véronique” as erroneously printed on the cover.
Note: Awaiting annotation.
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