In the StoryThose Who Are Missing
In Belvaux-sur-Rive, the absent have names. Not birth certificates. Nora Valette knows how to put a room, a register, a calendar in order. Nothing prepares her for a town whose inhabitants remember people who never existed. An empty chair becomes a sign. One private story calls forth another. Soon doubt itself looks suspicious.
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She placed the chair at the long table, to the left of the one reserved for Jeanne Laroque, president of Les Voix de Belvaux. The extra place was for the archives photographer. He had confirmed he was coming, then stopped replying.Read the excerpt ↗