The risk of reprisals Jean-Benoît Puech and Éric Chevillard face the interpersonal implications of writing

This article looks at the social risks of literature and, more specifically, those relating to the possibility of an outraged reader turning against a writer, dragging him or her into a dispute that could eventually turn into a lawsuit. Using the autobiographical anecdotes of Jean-Benoît Puech and Éric Chevillard, we examine the influence that interpersonal repercussions between author and reader can paradoxically have on literary creation.