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Nouvelle rencontre Meetup : Book Club: La Mort du roi Tsongor - Death of an Ancient King

Dougie
Posted Aug 20, 2010 12:28 PM
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Nouvelle rencontre Meetup pour Edimbourg Francais: Edinburgh's French Conversation Group !

Quoi: Book Club: La Mort du roi Tsongor - Death of an Ancient King

Quand: dimanche 3 octobre 2010 17:30

: Victoria Bar
265, Leith Walk, EH6 8PD At the corner of Jameson Place
Edinburgh

Le livre
La Mort du roi Tsongor de Laurent Gaudé : Dans une Antiquité imaginaire, le vieux Tsongor, roi de Massaba, souverain d’un empire immense, s’apprête à marier sa fille. Mais au jour des fiançailles, un deuxième prétendant surgit. La guerre éclate : c’est Troie assiégée, c’est Thèbes livrée à la haine. Le monarque s’éteint; son plus jeune fils s’en va parcourir le continent pour édifier sept tombeaux à l’image de ce que fut le vénéré – et aussi le haïssable – roi Tsongor.
Roman des origines, récit épique et initiatique, le livre de Laurent Gaudé déploie dans une langue enivrante les étendards de la bravoure, la flamboyante beauté des héros, mais aussi l’insidieuse révélation, en eux, de la défaite. Car en chacun doit s’accomplir, de quelque manière, l’apprentissage de la honte.
Ce livre de seulement 119 pages (ou 204, selon l'édition) s'est vu traduire en anglais sous le titre de Death of an Ancient King:The international prize-winning bestseller, from a hugely popular writer dubbed 'the darling of the booksellers" by the French press. King Tsongor is getting old. Having governed his immense empire peacefully for many years, he prepares to give his lovely daughter Samilia away to her official suitor, the prince of the Lands of Salt. The streets outside the palace are filled with rose petals, and gold cloth hangs from every window. But on the eve of the wedding, a lone, mysterious rider appears instead to claim Samilia's hand. Within days, two great nations prepare for a senseless conflict over a beautiful woman; and an old, sad King looks on as his world and his family fall apart! Bursting with colour and raw emotion, and embracing grand themes of loyalty, family, honour and war, Death of an Ancient King is like a lost fragment of a Greek tragedy. Told in a simple, hypnotic prose that gathers beauty with every page, this small, prize-winning jewel of a book is impossible to classify, but the richness of its achievement announces the arrival of a major literary talent.

Principe de fonctionnement
Avoir lu le livre proposé et en parler en français.

Astuce
Ce livre n'est pas difficile à lire et est disponible et actuellement en stock chez Amazon.fr. This book is an easy read and is available from Amazon.co.uk (hardback or paperback) and Waterstones.com.

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