Fire, fear, hope in Sophie Avon; the wear and tear of age in Joël Bastard; the desire to disappear at Chloé Aeberhardt.
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Published on 06/13/2024 at 4:46 p.m.
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The taste of happiness ***
Sophie Avon
Lili joined her brother Paul in the house on the moors that he bought. The place has a taste of childhood rediscovered, or of happiness, it is almost a synonym in this case. Jo, Lili’s companion, also appreciates being close to nature, the choice seems ideal in 2020, although the novel does not talk about covid. Two years later, climatic uncertainty causes catastrophe after catastrophe on the planet and the moors are not spared, the fire devouring everything in its path. A specific threat that forces us to take radical measures, even if we don’t want to. By taking stock of what awaits us, the characters in the novel oscillate between the fear of losing what will take, at best, a very long time to be reborn and the hope, despite everything, of this rebirth.
Mercure de France, 168 p., €17, ebook €11.99
Filumena***
Joel Bastard
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