The lost language of the Alsatians
“A language, the Alsatian dialect, is dying before our eyes, alongside us, slowly but surely. Many things disappear surreptitiously with her. His disappearance will leave a huge void, overflowing with silence. One day perhaps there will be a brutal awakening of conscience, when it will be long too late. But when was that long, exactly? »Here is the powerful and visionary essay by writer Pierre Kretz, which sounds like a play. Without recriminations, with lucidity, tenderness, finesse and humor, Pierre Kretz plunges us into the twists and turns of Alsatian schizophrenia. Thirty years after its first edition, this text appeals to new generations. With an enlightening afterword by Pascale Erhart, dialectologist and sociolinguist at the University of Strasbourg.
Nest of spies in Haut-Koenigsbourg
In the midst of the Cold War, Edmond Lenoir, a French counter-espionage agent, is sent to Alsace to discreetly monitor the personnel of the Saint-Hippolyte uranium mine.
Few remember it today, but this site at the foot of Haut-Koenigsbourg was then an issue for the Gaullist power, which massively developed the use of nuclear energy to strengthen national sovereignty. Enough to arouse the interest of mysterious evening visitors…
Edmond Lenoir will discover dark stories, but also confusing characters for a Frenchman “from the inside”. What happened in the heights of Saint-Hippolyte in 1961?
Derision, second degree and intrigues are on the menu of this new novel by Pierre Kretz, which depicts with finesse and accuracy a post-war Alsace placed despite itself at the heart of geopolitical issues which go beyond it.
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