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Find out how Hervé Le Tellier discusses his new novel, The Name on the Wall, a book in which he delves into the life of a young man who lived during World War II — a young member of the Resistance whose name was discovered on the wall of the house Le Tellier bought in the Drôme region. The book is available to borrow from our library!
“I am not André Chaix’s friend, nor would I have known how to be, anyway, since almost nothing links me to him. Just a name on the wall. Chaix was a resistance fighter, a young man with a brief life like so many others. I knew nothing of him. I asked questions, gathered fragments of a collective memory, and I gradually learned who he was.
In this investigation, much was given to me by luck, almost miraculously, and I soon knew I would like to tell André Chaix’s story. Perhaps all lives are worth telling, but some are more so than others.
Eighty years have passed since his death. But in looking at the state of the world, I have no doubt that it’s still essential to speak of the Occupation, of collaboration and fascism, of the rejection of others to the point of their destruction.
This book gives voice to the ideals for which he died and questions our deepest nature — this desire to belong to something greater than ourselves, which can lead us to the best and the worst.”
— Hervé Le Tellier