This event is in the past.It took place on March 27, 2026 at Maison de la Poésie.
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PlayLes Halles, Paris
📚"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
"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
PlayPlayLes Halles, Paris
📚"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
"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