It is in one of the most beautiful villages in France that this Read in Gordes weekend is taking place, an event that is about to become unmissable for all reading and culture enthusiasts.
Richard Kitaeff, the mayor of the Vaucluse commune is there, quite proud of the success of this event which he wanted to keep small and intimate, but programmed with 25 authors whose talent and fame no longer need to be proven. “All cultures interest me, but with literature, there was something to do in Gordes because we have a real cultural DNA and local writers of national importance“, he explains.
The most famous of them, Mazarine Pingeot, who grew up partly in Gordes and returns there very often, agrees. “It makes me very happy that authors and visitors can discover such a wonderful place and any cultural policy is an asset for a place.“, she adds.
British superstar RJ Ellory
Thus, visitors to the show can enjoy an exceptional panorama with breathtaking views of the Luberon while discovering the latest works by authors who are not always foreign to the village or the region.
Around the godfather, Jean Christophe Rufin, the visitor will be able to discuss history with Nathalie Saint Cricq, writing technique and 20th century Italy with the last winner of the Prix Goncourt, Jean Baptiste Andrea, dance with the director of Bartabas equestrian theater which pays homage to Pina Bausch or even dystopia – catastrophe with Jacques Attali.
To complete a program which has nothing to envy of other fairs, Lire à Gordes also offered the British superstar RJ Ellory, author of a dark novel depicting a dark American society very far from his native England, and the American Jim Fergus, author of the cult 1000 white women to close a program worked with the meticulousness of a metronome.
The gauge of 15,000 visitors was reached last year. Despite the weather being unsuitable for walking this weekend, it is likely that it will be beaten this year in terms of the enthusiasm of onlookers encountered, alone or with family, thanks to a small but qualitative list of children’s authors. .
Mazarine Pingeot
The first impression she gives off is one of great kindness and gentleness. The most local of the guests of this second edition welcomes her readers and journalists with a big smile and a simplicity that almost makes you forget who she is. Starting from the observation that lack is omnipresent in our lives, the philosopher explores its different facets: lack of love, lack of money, lack of meaning, etc. It shows that lack is not always negative, but that it can be a driving force for creation and desire. His essay, Living Without, is a stimulating reflection on an often neglected notion and invites us to rethink our relationship with lack and to make it a positive force in our lives.
