The Witness | Joy Sorman

With The Witness, Joy Sorman continues, this time through fiction, her exploration of our "commonplaces", those that tell the world and cast a harsh and sharp light on the society in which we live.

In this novel mixed with reality, the author imagines that a man, named Bart, enters the Paris courthouse and decides to settle there clandestinely. Hidden in the ceilings at night and pacing the courtrooms during the day, he witnesses the spectacle of justice – or rather injustice?

But why did Bart leave her life and arrange for her demise?

What is he looking for in this uninhabitable place?

Little by little, his vision of the world became clearer.

Could he, who seems so wise, become an outlaw?