{"id":1439,"date":"2026-08-10T23:10:04","date_gmt":"2026-08-10T21:10:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gilbertdurand.fr\/?page_id=1439"},"modified":"2026-08-10T23:49:29","modified_gmt":"2026-08-10T21:49:29","slug":"novels","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/gilbertdurand.fr\/index.php\/en\/novels\/","title":{"rendered":"NOVELS"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-colibri-id=\"1439-c1\" class=\"style-218 style-local-1439-c1 position-relative\">\n  <!---->\n  <div data-colibri-component=\"section\" data-colibri-id=\"1439-c2\" id=\"custom\" class=\"h-section h-section-global-spacing d-flex align-items-lg-center align-items-md-center align-items-center style-219 style-local-1439-c2 position-relative\">\n    <!---->\n    <!---->\n    <div class=\"h-section-grid-container h-section-boxed-container\">\n      <!---->\n      <div data-colibri-id=\"1439-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-223 style-local-1439-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-224-outer style-local-1439-c4-outer\">\n            <div data-colibri-id=\"1439-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-224 style-local-1439-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=\"1439-c5\" class=\"h-lead h-text h-text-component style-222 style-local-1439-c5 position-relative h-element\">\n                  <!---->\n                  <!---->\n                  <div class=\"\">\n                    <p>A few words of introduction:<\/p>\n                    <p>My stories take many different paths. Some explore the mysteries of time, others the depths of the human soul, investigations, secrets, or possible futures. Yet they all have one thing in common: they tell stories that linger long\n                      after the book is closed.<\/p>\n                  <\/div>\n                <\/div>\n              <\/div>\n            <\/div>\n          <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n      <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n  <\/div>\n  <div data-colibri-component=\"section\" data-colibri-id=\"1439-c6\" id=\"custom-2\" class=\"h-section h-section-global-spacing d-flex align-items-lg-center align-items-md-center align-items-center style-240 style-local-1439-c6 position-relative\">\n    <!---->\n    <!---->\n    <div class=\"h-section-grid-container h-section-boxed-container\">\n      <!---->\n      <div data-colibri-id=\"1439-c7\" 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-241 style-local-1439-c7 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-242-outer style-local-1439-c8-outer\">\n            <div data-colibri-id=\"1439-c8\" 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-242 style-local-1439-c8 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=\"1439-c9\" class=\"h-lead h-text h-text-component style-243 style-local-1439-c9 position-relative h-element\">\n                  <!---->\n                  <!---->\n                  <div class=\"\">\n                    <p>Science Fiction<\/p>\n                  <\/div>\n                <\/div>\n                <div data-colibri-id=\"1439-c10\" class=\"icon-list d-flex justify-content-lg-start justify-content-md-start justify-content-start style-248 style-local-1439-c10 position-relative h-element\">\n                  <!---->\n                  <ul class=\"ul-list-icon vertical-on-desktop vertical-on-tablet vertical-on-mobile justify-content-lg-start justify-content-md-start justify-content-start\">\n                    <!---->\n                    <li class=\"list-item no-gutters\">\n                      <!---->\n                      <div class=\"list-container-divider d-flex justify-content-lg-start justify-content-md-start justify-content-start first-el-spacer\"><\/div>\n                      <a href=\" https:\/\/gilbertdurand.fr\/index.php\/en\/the-past-refuses-to-die\/\" h-use-smooth-scroll=\"true\" class=\"item-link no-gutters\">\n                        <div class=\"d-flex h-col no-gutters align-items-lg-center align-items-md-center align-items-center list-item-text-wrapper\">\n                          <div class=\"d-flex\"><span class=\"h-svg-icon style-248-icon style-local-1439-c10-icon\"><!--Icon by Font Awesome (https:\/\/fontawesome.com)-->\n    <svg version=\"1.1\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" xmlns:xlink=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/1999\/xlink\" id=\"book\" viewBox=\"0 0 1664 1896.0833\">\n      <path d=\"M1639 478q40 57 18 129l-275 906q-19 64-76.5 107.5T1183 1664H260q-77 0-148.5-53.5T12 1479q-24-67-2-127 0-4 3-27t4-37q1-8-3-21.5t-3-19.5q2-11 8-21t16.5-23.5T52 1179q23-38 45-91.5t30-91.5q3-10 .5-30t-.5-28q3-11 17-28t17-23q21-36 42-92t25-90q1-9-2.5-32t.5-28q4-13 22-30.5t22-22.5q19-26 42.5-84.5T340 411q1-8-3-25.5t-2-26.5q2-8 9-18t18-23 17-21q8-12 16.5-30.5t15-35 16-36 19.5-32 26.5-23.5 36-11.5T556 134l-1 3q38-9 51-9h761q74 0 114 56t18 130l-274 906q-36 119-71.5 153.5T1025 1408H156q-27 0-38 15-11 16-1 43 24 70 144 70h923q29 0 56-15.5t35-41.5l300-987q7-22 5-57 38 15 59 43zm-1064 2q-4 13 2 22.5t20 9.5h608q13 0 25.5-9.5T1247 480l21-64q4-13-2-22.5t-20-9.5H638q-13 0-25.5 9.5T596 416zm-83 256q-4 13 2 22.5t20 9.5h608q13 0 25.5-9.5T1164 736l21-64q4-13-2-22.5t-20-9.5H555q-13 0-25.5 9.5T513 672z\"><\/path>\n    <\/svg><\/span><\/div> <span class=\"list-text d-block\"><span>The Past refuses to Die<\/span><\/span>\n                        <\/div>\n                      <\/a>\n                      <div class=\"list-container-divider d-flex justify-content-lg-start justify-content-md-start justify-content-start\" style=\"display: none;\">\n                        <!---->\n                      <\/div>\n                      <div class=\"list-container-divider d-flex justify-content-lg-start justify-content-md-start justify-content-start last-el-spacer\"><\/div>\n                    <\/li>\n                  <\/ul>\n                <\/div>\n              <\/div>\n            <\/div>\n          <\/div>\n          <div class=\"h-column h-column-container d-flex h-col-lg-auto h-col-md-auto h-col-auto style-251-outer style-local-1439-c11-outer\">\n            <div data-colibri-id=\"1439-c11\" 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-251 style-local-1439-c11 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=\"1439-c12\" class=\"h-lead h-text h-text-component style-256 style-local-1439-c12 position-relative h-element\">\n                  <!---->\n                  <!---->\n                  <div class=\"\">\n                    <p>Novels<\/p>\n                  <\/div>\n                <\/div>\n              <\/div>\n            <\/div>\n          <\/div>\n          <div class=\"h-column 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