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Sur la plage ou dans lâavion, Ă midi ou Ă minuit, voici quatre ouvrages qui coloreront votre Ă©tĂ© de mille feux. Ă glisser dans la valise ! Setting off with great reading. Here are four books that will light up your summer thousandfold, on the beach or the plane, at midday or midnight. Slip them into your suitcase!
Un livre primé pour briller à la rentrée La plus secrÚte mémoire des hommes
© Antoine-Tempé
« T.C. Elimane nâĂ©tait pas classique, mais culte. Le mythe littĂ©raire est une table de jeu. Elimane sây Ă©tait assis et avait abattu les trois plus puissants atouts dont on pĂ»t disposer : dâabord, il sâĂ©tait choisi un nom Ă initiales mystĂ©rieuses ; ensuite, il nâavait Ă©crit quâun seul livre ; enfin, il avait disparu sans laisser de traces. Il valait, oui, quâon mĂźt son nez en jeu pour sâemparer de sa dĂ©pouille. » Le prix Goncourt 2021 sâouvre sur une formidable chasse Ă lâhomme littĂ©raire placĂ©e sous le signe dâun « chant dâamour Ă la littĂ©rature et Ă son pouvoir intemporel ». Câest lorsquâun jeune Ă©crivain sĂ©nĂ©galais dĂ©couvre ce livre mythique Ă Paris, en 2018, que la quĂȘte commence et le conduit du SĂ©nĂ©gal Ă Buenos Aires, en passant par Amsterdam ou Paris ainsi quâau travers de lâhistoire du 20e siĂšcle jusquâĂ nos jours. QuĂȘte de soi au travers de la littĂ©rature, histoire de la relation tumultueuse entre lâAfrique et lâOccident, ce « livre-monde », aux mots et merveilles, touche lâĂąme.
An award-winning book to shine at the beginning of the school year: The Most Secret Memory of Men. âT.C. Elimane was not classic but cult. Literary myth is a gaming table. Elimane sat down at it and made full use of the three strongest trump cards available to him: first, he chose a name with mysterious initials; then, he wrote just one book; and finally, he disappeared without leaving any trace. It was worthwhile, yes, putting his nose to the grindstone to get at his remains." The Prix Goncourt 2021 opens with a formidable hunt for the literary man who wrote a "song of love for literature and its timeless power". When a young Senegalese author discovers this mythical « La plus secrĂšte mĂ©moire des hommes » book in Paris in 2018, the quest begins. It takes him from Senegal to Buenos Aires via Amsterdam Prix Goncourt and Paris and through 20th-century history to the present day. Pursuit of self through literature, Mohamed Mbougar Sarr a history of the tumultuous relationship between Africa and the West, this âworld-bookâ with its Philippe Rey â Prix TTC 22,00 ⏠words and wonders touches the heart.
Un peu dâhumour pour lĂącher prise : SamouraĂŻ
© Francesca Mantovani Editions Gallimard
« SamouraĂŻ » Fabrice Caro Gallimard â Prix TTC 18,00 âŹ
« Tu veux pas Ă©crire un roman sĂ©rieux ? ». VoilĂ ce que le personnage du truculent Fabrice Caro â auteur notamment du jubilatoire Le Discours adaptĂ© au cinĂ©ma â va sâĂ©vertuer Ă faire durant tout un Ă©tĂ©, aprĂšs avoir Ă©tĂ© quittĂ© par sa fiancĂ©e pour un universitaire spĂ©cialiste de Ronsard. Au programme ? Sâatteler Ă lâĂ©criture dâun livre profond et poignant â pour possiblement rĂ©cupĂ©rer sa dulcinĂ©e â tout en sâoccupant de la piscine de ses voisins partis en vacances. Bien Ă©videmment, lâeau va se mettre Ă verdir, mĂ©taphore de lâabsurditĂ© de sa vie. Une comĂ©die dĂ©sopilante Ă lâimage de cette description que le personnage fait de lui-mĂȘme : « le gĂšne de la catastrophe auto-immune, une aptitude Ă se rendre la vie plus pĂ©nible encore sans la moindre aide extĂ©rieure. Un vrai don de Dieu. » A spot of humour to unwind: Samurai. âDon't you want to write a serious novel?â Truculent character Fabrice Caroâ author, notably, of the exhilarating The Speech adapted for cinemaâ will be striving towards during a whole summer after being left by his fiancĂ© for an academic specialising in Ronsard. On the programme? Work on a profound and poignant bookâto win back his sweetheartâas he tends to his neighbours' swimming pool while they are away on holiday. Of course, the water begins to turn greenâa metaphor for the absurdity of his life. A hilarious comedy, much as the character describes himself: "an autoimmune disaster gene, an ability to make life even more difficult for himself without any outside help. A true gift from God.â
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