French bloggers on La Maison des Épreuves

“It is a book that opens paths, that deploys a range of imaginings crafted with very great virtuosity. And which, at the same time, has this power, a kind of harrowing intimate resonance, the experience of which you have no choice but to accept.”

— NIKOLA DELESCLUSE, Paludes radio show

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La Maison des Épreuves cuts a torturous path in a form that is new, surprising, destabilizing… The game is dangerous: we leave it troubled — or rather, awakened… It is one of the most poetic and striking publications (from Éditions de l’Ogre) and must be read at any cost.”

— LOU DARSAN, Lou et les feuilles volantes

Lou et les feuilles volantes >

“Jason Hrivnak proves that there can be rightness in the extreme, tenderness in the darkness of the soul, and beauty in horror… La Maison des Épreuves is at once a work of magic and a tour de force.”

— HÉLOÏSE, Un Dernier Livre Avant la Fin du Monde

Un Dernier Livre Avant la Fin du Monde >

“This work, beyond the adventurous spirit that seizes us in reading it, is truly an anti-suicide manual and a guide for reenchantment with the world… Personally, if (Hrivnak) is able to repeat such a miracle, staggering in its intelligence and playful subtlety, then I for one would want it, and soon.”

— HUGUES ROBERT, Librairie Charybde (Paris)

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