“We all know people who are funny but depressed”: Camille Bordas imagines a stand-up school in the United States

PARIS WEEKEND. Based in the United States, Camille Bordas has written “Strangers to talk to”, a choral novel that tells the story of one day at a stand-up master’s degree in Chicago, where the dream of making people laugh collides with anxiety. Touching and smart.

By Leonard Desbrières

THAT November 15, 2025 at 12:45.