And here is already the time of the literary season: half a thousand books are published over a limited period of time, eight weeks, from mid-August to mid-October. Why such a rush? To be able to compete for the Parisian literary prizes (Goncourt, Femina, Renaudot, etc.) which are spread out in tight rows from the end of October to the beginning of November. A farandole initiated at the beginning of the 20th century with the appearance of these prizes which, from the start, aroused great interest among the newspapers then in full swing. We can read on this subject Thierry Laget and his excellent Proust, Prix Goncourt. A literary riot which recounts the birth of this duo that has become inseparable: literary prizes and the media.
