The media library welcomes the author Catherine Charrier around her novel "Col Rouge".
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Book summary:
From the rise to the fall, the great story of the red collars
Savoie, June 1861. François Claret marries Berthe and, the very next day, leaves his high-altitude village to settle in Paris and become a "red collar", or commission agent for the Drouot auction house.
He discovers a breathtaking place where works of art change hands and destiny in a flash, in an electric fever.
In this great fresco, Catherine Charrier immerses us in the intimacy of the commission agents...