This paper aims at examining the paradox expressed by Marie Darrieussecq when she states that “even in [her] novels of absence, there is material” in Il faut beaucoup aimer les hommes. The narrative takes shape around Solange, an actress, whose existence is threatened as her own physique decays, consumed by her passion for Kouhouesso which makes her a fading ghostly figure. The storytelling of the organic body has to be considered under three aspects : phenomenology, deterritorialization and representation.
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