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Abstract
A surprise bestseller, Franck Pavloff's Matin brun(1998) explores the dangers of remaining silent in the face of political and societal upheavals. A novella of only twelve pages, Matin brun describes a world that spirals out of control while the main characters willfully remain silent about absurd governmental dictates that impact every facet of life. The text exploded on the public scene a few years after its publication, when it was adopted as a means to discuss the disturbing rise of the Front National's political influence. The book, which deals first and foremost with the risks of tacitly accepting xenophobic rhetoric, allowed a polemic to develop in France without directly referencing the FN. Read against Foucauldian theories of biopower, the novella provides a place to discuss recent developments in French politics, and, specifically, the implications of France's controversial 2002 election.