The Dreamer's Law

Overview of the novel Daniel Penak is undoubtedly one of the most unique literary cases in the contemporary French literary scene. If the general classification of writers distinguishes between the category of experience writers and the category of knowledge writers, then Daniel Penak represents a unique case, defying all classification; he is a writer who draws from both his experience and his knowledge, and tries in every work to present a synthesis that balances between the two sources. He is also almost the only author who transforms his autobiography into imagination, and stages characters that are the same as the people around him in his real world. He is also the author who builds his autobiography not on place, as Lucilezio does, nor on time, as Modiano does; but on themes. Every new author is an opportunity to think about a new theme and add another piece to the edifice of autobiography. In this work, Penak chose the most complex themes, the theme of dreams. What is the proportion of reality in dreams? And what is the proportion of imagination in the dreams we tell? Penak's answer: 10 percent reality, and the rest is imagination, complex and intricate imagination, the complexity of the world of dreams that alone can combine the flood of light and the flow of ink, between director Federico Fellini and Saint Sebastian... chaotic chaos, but it must have a law... the law of the dreamer! Author name: Daniel Panak Published in 2023 Number of pages: 174