André Malraux
Tag: litterature
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André Malraux
People say that Malraux is a liar and a conman. They say so because of his Antimémoires, and other works about semi-real historical events, Man’s Fate for example. But Malraux never claimed to write the truth, indeed he named his memoirs, “Antimémoires” (anti memoirs) precisely because they are not stricto-sensu biographical, and they begin by…
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°oO The Holy Quran and Marcel Proust Oo°
The ending of Proust was very surprising. Just like the Quran, it ends with three descriptions : of time, of eternity and of man. Ignorant people said that Proust tried to make his name eternal through literary fame, but he clearly wrote that his book would end up forgotten after a few hundred years or…
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Louis-Ferdinand Céline and the little music
Is there anything as sad as a novel from Céline ? It is not like the sweet melancholy of Proust, or the gentle sunset of Giono. Céline is perhaps the darkest author of its category.
