The writer and storyteller Olivier de Robert presents his new novel entitled “The Last Dance of the Bear”, which will be released nationally on January 9. A fantastic novel whose story takes place in a Pyrenean valley, a fictional valley, invented from scratch, which will have to face two major arrivals: that of a bear, which will cause great damage in the summer pastures, and secondly, that of a police officer from the OFB, whose mission will be to exfiltrate the animal. “It's a fairly short novel, the central character of which is not strictly speaking the bear, because we talk about it more than we see it in the end, it's really these men of the mountains, who go together, having to face two enemies”.
“A fantastic tale, not a novel about the bear question”
“The spirit of this novel is really human relationships, it is a tale whose ending is clearly in the domain of the fantastic and the marvelous at the same time. It is absolutely not a factual novel on the question of the bear, of its establishment, of being for or against it does not concern me, I am neither a breeder, nor a shepherd, nor a pro-bear activist, that is not the basis of my novel. underlines Olivier de Robert.
Inspired by Henri Gougaud, or even by Jean Giono, Olivier de Robert takes a more personal approach in his writing style: “In this novel, we smile, but we don't pat each other on the ribs like in some of my stories, where I go through the laughter box to reach people There I don't need it, I'm on another dimension, I speak to only one person, only one reader at a time, and I don't feel the need. to go through the mechanics of laughter which is more collective in my approach.
Signing sessions on January 11
A village café, mountain breeders, a bear, an OFB policewoman, without forgetting THE mysterious old lady “one quarter crazy and three quarters witch”: this is the ideal assortment to immerse yourself in the magic of the mountains wild Pyrenees. Olivier de Robert will present his book on January 11 at Leclerc in Saint-Jean-du-Falga from 10 a.m. to 12 p.m., at Majuscule in Foix from 3 p.m. to 6 p.m., then following on January 17 in Ax-les-Thermes at the Belles Livres at 4:30 p.m., then on the 25th in Mazères (in Mazette), from 10 a.m. to 12 p.m.
