Forthcoming on May 14 th 2026 at Éditions Gallimard (Paris).
The narrator lives between France and New York, where he followed his partner. But he doesn’t much like America, and after a serious illness, the first summer of his convalescence is a time of self-doubt. In Manhattan, he often finds refuge with the fascinating Genia, a princess without a title and Jewish by destiny, a Frenchwoman in exile and Russian at heart, who guides him through his inner labyrinth. How can one reconnect with the living when one feels as if one has returned from the realm of the dead? How can one change one’s life without destroying everything? Little by little, a geography of abandoned roads, dreamed lives, and unexpected possibilities emerges.
Following The Saint fo the Family (Verdier) and The Husband (Gallimard), Avenue of the Americas is the third part of a series entitled Taking Stock.
Ill. Martin Wong