In His Image

In À son image (على صورته), Prix Goncourt winner Jérôme Ferrari delivers a profound meditation on the ethics of photography, violence, and human destiny. The story opens with the funeral of Antonia, a 34-year-old Corsican photojournalist killed in a car crash. Through the sermon of her uncle, a priest, and the trail of her photographs, the novel traces Antonia’s life—from photographing local Corsican events to recording the rising violence of Corsican nationalism and the atrocities of the Yugoslav Wars. Ferrari masterfully explores the moral ambiguity of capturing human suffering on camera: does photojournalism reveal the truth or merely turn tragedy into art? Written with poetic elegance and philosophical weight, the novel examines how we construct memory and meaning through images in a violent world.

Because it offers a brilliant, thought-provoking exploration of photography, morality, and war through exceptionally rich and meditative prose.

For readers of modern French literature, philosophers, photography enthusiasts, and anyone interested in the ethical dimensions of war reporting and visual art.