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This event is in the past.It took place on March 27, 2026 at Maison de la Poésie.

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Dory Manor – Le Gorille

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"Le Gorille" dissects a fraught father-son bond: Ezer, the Israeli bodyguard father, and Dory, the queer son who fled to Paris. Manor unpacks inherited violence and his own hospitalization, all while neither speaks his mother tongue. A conversation about breaking cycles.

Intimate literary discussion
Author interview format
Family memoir exploration
LGBTQ+ coming-of-age story

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📚"a strange pearl in Paris, dedicated to poetry"
🗣️Manor wrote it in French, neither his nor his father's language
🦍Ezer's nickname "The Gorilla" came from his bodyguard days

Maison de la Poésie

157 Rue Saint-Martin, 75003 Paris, France

10 €

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