Third offering of Timothée-William Lapointe, A life well slept is a real breath of fresh air, where humor rubs shoulders with unbridled imagination.
Divinely funny, the collection lists the observations of a loser self-proclaimed from Verdun who seeks his magical power in the shelves of a grocery store. Who stands like the archetype of the happy sloth, to whom the wind shouts “to find a real job”.
A nugget of self-deprecation, the book contains gems, including a list of reasons why it might be wise to stop looking for extraterrestrials. “1. Very high yark factor potential. 2. Excellent chances that we will all die. » Reflections on simplicity, lack of ambition and the quest for meaning form the basis of poems which, nourished by a colorful gallery of characters, make people laugh out loud, like a joke whose punch is also unexpected so delicious.
Lapointe manages to offer us a satire as tender as it is acidic on the human condition, playing with social injunctions with disconcerting lightness. His book is a tribute to those who refuse the frenzy of productivity at all costs, a plea in favor of the right to laziness and idleness. With his mischievous pen, the author invites us to slow down and enjoy the simple pleasure of existing, without trying to accomplish anything. After all, why not just aspire to “a well-slept life”?
A life well slept
Your mother’s editions
141 pages