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Baptiste Thery-Guilbert was born in 1999 in Marseille and was raised primarily by women. His schooling was chaotic, and his job security was practically non-existent. He escaped this by sheer luck. Romantically attracted to men, he gradually adapted to this new reality, particularly through writing, which allowed him to express all the violence inflicted upon him by societal norms. This is why intimacy, the unhappy aspects of modernity, repression, LGBTQ+ phobias and their brutality are the themes he delves into, seeking to extract a piece of truth. At the End of the Sidewalks (Là où les trottoirs s’arrêtent) was his second published novel, appearing in French in 2022, following Pas Dire (2021). In 2023 Lésions was published, considered a ‘distorting mirror’ sequel to At the End of the Sidewalks.
