After approaching some of these notions while working on a paper for a journée d’études at the University of Lille last December, I went on to self-transpose, self-translate, and reorganize in English an essay that became this one, “Hélène Bessette and the Roman du vide.” I am grateful to Annulet and Editor Alisha Wright for publishing it in their newest edition, Issue (11) | Spring 2026.
From the title page of my first edition of Ida ou le délire as procured from a Vinted seller.
