{"id":1420,"date":"2026-08-10T22:55:41","date_gmt":"2026-08-10T20:55:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gilbertdurand.fr\/?page_id=1420"},"modified":"2026-08-10T23:03:48","modified_gmt":"2026-08-10T21:03:48","slug":"whats-new","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/gilbertdurand.fr\/index.php\/en\/whats-new\/","title":{"rendered":"WHAT&rsquo;S NEW"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-colibri-id=\"1420-c1\" class=\"style-182 style-local-1420-c1 position-relative\">\n  <!---->\n  <div data-colibri-component=\"section\" data-colibri-id=\"1420-c2\" id=\"initial-content\" class=\"h-section h-section-global-spacing d-flex align-items-lg-center align-items-md-center align-items-center style-183 style-local-1420-c2 position-relative\">\n    <!---->\n    <!---->\n    <div class=\"h-section-grid-container h-section-boxed-container\">\n      <!---->\n      <div data-colibri-id=\"1420-c3\" class=\"h-row-container gutters-row-lg-2 gutters-row-md-2 gutters-row-0 gutters-row-v-lg-2 gutters-row-v-md-2 gutters-row-v-2 style-184 style-local-1420-c3 position-relative\">\n        <!---->\n        <div class=\"h-row justify-content-lg-center justify-content-md-center justify-content-center align-items-lg-stretch align-items-md-stretch align-items-stretch gutters-col-lg-2 gutters-col-md-2 gutters-col-0 gutters-col-v-lg-2 gutters-col-v-md-2 gutters-col-v-2\">\n          <!---->\n          <div class=\"h-column h-column-container d-flex h-col-lg-auto h-col-md-auto h-col-auto style-185-outer style-local-1420-c4-outer\">\n            <div data-colibri-id=\"1420-c4\" class=\"d-flex h-flex-basis h-column__inner h-px-lg-2 h-px-md-2 h-px-2 v-inner-lg-2 v-inner-md-2 v-inner-2 style-185 style-local-1420-c4 position-relative\">\n              <!---->\n              <!---->\n              <div class=\"w-100 h-y-container h-column__content h-column__v-align flex-basis-100 align-self-lg-start align-self-md-start align-self-start\">\n                <!---->\n                <div data-colibri-id=\"1420-c5\" class=\"h-lead h-text h-text-component style-191 style-local-1420-c5 position-relative h-element\">\n                  <!---->\n                  <!---->\n                  <div class=\"\">\n                    <p>NEW NOVEL NOW AVAILABLE<\/p>\n                    <p>I\u2019m delighted to announce the release of my new novel, <em>The Past Refuses to Die<\/em>.<\/p>\n                    <p>After months of writing, reflection, and revision, the novel is finally available.<\/p>\n                    <p>Through the story of S\u00e9bastien Gasquet, I wanted to explore the mysterious connections that sometimes bind chance, memory, and time. 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