Mathieu Lottiaux
Cahiers ERTA, Numéro 17, 2019, pp. 101-114
https://doi.org/10.4467/23538953CE.19.008.10303The novel of Joëlle Wintrebert talks about a society where cloning is used to build champions. The father of the modern cloning, Bior Malard, is struck by a drama: the death of his woman. But he takes cells and clones her. A child born: Maël. She is a baby, and Bior brings up her. A question appears: who is Maël? His wife? His daughter?
This paper deals with some issues like identity, ownership of the body and abilities of the body in a complicated and entangled paradox of the time. If a character comes from the past, or if a part of their own body comes from the past, can he build the future, or even be a part of it?