Coralie Akiyama


A graduate of Sciences Po Lyon, Coralie Akiyama (1984) lived in Tokyo for 13 years and now divides her time between Paris, Tokyo, and Tel Aviv. She is the author of novels: Féérie pour de vrai (Fairy for Real), Dévorée (Eaten Up), poetry collections: Désordre avec vue (Disorder with a View), Vivante-moi (Living Me), and a play, L'Étape Zéro (Step Zero). Shoshana is her third collection.


“City, sensual girl Your paint flows over the broad dark leaves of the courtyards Voluptuousness of green on ochre facades Someone will love someone The night cranes will stretch out their long necks like luminous giraffes.” Shoshana (“rose” in Hebrew) was written on a veranda in Tel Aviv. Workers were dropping rubble, it made a playful clicking sound. The leaves were stained with paint. Behind the immense window, a living city, lush vegetation, babies, cats, dogs, women in low-cut swimsuits, rough and gentle men. Shoshana is a sensual, flamboyant and fiery collection, which tells the story of the blossoming of a rose on a barren and fertile land and allows us to taste its light. Publication: April 1, 2023 Order

"Alcohol, I'm talking to you. There are liquids that listen, that don't leak," "Where to look for a father? Follow what fantasy, what turbulence, what grimace?", "My endless evening stirs a girl (...)." The random interpellations open onto a fertile disorder of lights, ages, and bodies. Shadows are summoned to respond, elsewhere steps through the window. Questions, shattered dialogues... The thoughts laid bare venture into a dreamlike territory entitled "the bazaar of my dreams," a collection of scintillating and sensual squawks. Disorder with a view followed by the surprising Sidérations is an invitation to find beauty in the everyday jumble. To probe inaudible treasures, hidden deep within our dissonances. The photographs are signed by the author. They distill the intimacy of the Japanese house, a magical universe in the extension of her novels. Order