Entre l’ouverture et le cloisonnement : paternité monoparentale dans „Manger l’autre” d’Ananda Devi
Role Adjustment and Fragmentation of the Single Fatherhood in Ananda Devi’s „Manger l’autre”

Summary/Abstract: Manger l’autre (2018), a complex portrayal of contemporary paternity, is full of ambiguities when it comes to the role of the father in his daughter’s dramatic descent into hell. Far from the tormentors present in La Vie de Joséphin le Fou (2003) or in Le Sari vert (2009), the father figure is here associated with love and empathy. And yet, none of those qualities can absolve men in Ananda Devi’s world. In yet another stigmatization of patriarchy, the novelist transports us into the morbid world of obesity, school based harassment as well as the reservoirs of hate that lie within social media. In this context, this paper attempts to show the various techniques used by Ananda Devi to reach her main objective: the failure of the father whatever he does.

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