Twice a month, a public figure tells us what his current readings are. This week, the author and actress Francine Ruel, who has just published the novel The goat walker at Libre Expression.
Nothing in the sky
Nothing in the sky
Michael delisle
Boreal
“Ah, what happiness! We don’t have to read them all at once, this news. I loved it My father’s fire, then The seaman’s dismay. I adored this author, whom I met at the Correspondances d’Eastman; I had to interview him and I made a wonderful discovery with him. I like authors who tackle all kinds of forms of writing. He writes novels, short stories, stories, poetry. What touches him are unique observations and attention to detail, then unusual characters. ”
The reconstruction of paradise
The reconstruction of paradise
Robert Lalonde
Boreal
“It’s a book that comes for me. I am a house lover. And to read on this subject … I really like Robert Lalonde, I read almost everything about him and there, his house went up in smoke overnight. […] He says he wrote this book to realize what was happening to him in the first place, but the great thing is that it makes us think about a metamorphosis. As if doing something fireproof is almost like a facelift. He has some nice thoughts. It’s a very beautiful book to read slowly, because even if you witness a drama, it is never tearful, never sad. ”
The sun of the Scorta
The sun of the Scorta
Laurent Gaudé
South Acts
“This is my bedside book from the last few years, which I have reread even more recently. First, because it was a discovery several years ago. It is a solar novel, serious and luminous; at the same time, it’s deeply human, it’s loaded with secrets, but one day ago, I burst into tears at the end of a chapter. It touched me enormously. […] The images are overwhelming. I want to say that it smells of olive oil, the burning sun, sweat … It is this book that allowed me to write my novel The goat walker because I found him so great. ”