Agnès & Cécile Pivot, Bernard Pivot. The taste of others

With a text by Pierre Assouline from the Académie Goncourt.

“For this book, my father took over my office. He took up all the space, which I gladly left to him. I spent my days with him, read dozens of articles, rewatched his shows. I wanted the selected photos, taken from his albums, to be associated with written documents, quotes, testimonies, interviews, extracts from Books, tweets… To reflect the formidable literary journalist that he was, but not only that. He was a passionate fan of football and wine, and a fine connoisseur of both drinks and football.

He had another unwavering love, for the region of his childhood, Beaujolais. He had a taste for others, knew how to appreciate the joys of existence at their true value. Luck almost always accompanied him, he never stopped thanking her. He loved life, it seems to me, as few people do. She gave it back to him. » — Cécile Pivot

From his childhood at the Goncourt academy, from Lire has Culture broth passing through Apostrophes but also through football games or grape harvests in Beaujolais, this very personal album traces the life of Bernard Pivot. In these pages, readers will rediscover with happiness and a touch of nostalgia the passion and enthusiasm that animated this great lover of words and books.

Flip through the book…