Since November 10, the public has passionately followed the new edition of the Vendée Globe. The opportunity to return to the navigators and the readings that mark their solo crossing.
Last November 10 was the start of the Vendée Globe. 2024 marks the tenth edition of the illustrious sailing race. To occupy this long journey around the world, reading remains one of Ingres' best violins.
The National Maritime Museum in Paris is hosting the exhibition “Solo around the world” until January 26. Through this, the public discovers the life at sea of the many participants who marked previous editions. A daily life punctuated by several months of solitude.
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In order to make the crossing less monotonous, some sailors devour a multitude of novels. Internet users were able to discover these readings through social networks where the skippers share their day-to-day journeys.
What are the skippers' readings?
« Matilda » by Roald Dahl (1988)
Clarisse Crémer devotes herself to reading “Matilda”, a novel by Roald Dahl which marked the childhood of many generations. This book, a true Proust madeleine, tells the life of Matilda Verdebois. A young girl with precocious intellectual abilities who grows up in a diametrically opposed family. Her destiny changes the day she starts school where she forms a strong friendship with her teacher, Miss Candy. A shadow remains over…
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