Les contes de la Folie Méricourt

by Pierre Gripari

La sorcière de la rue Mouffetard, bien connue des lecteurs des Contes de la rue Broca, décida un beau jour de changer de quartier. Elle s'installa donc sur la rive droite de la Seine, rue de la Folie Méricourt (elle l'avait choisie à cause de son nom) et se crut désormais bien tranquille. Mais les petits enfants de son nouveau quartier ne tardèrent pas à la détecter, à la dépister, à la chahuter, à exiger enfin qu'elle leur écrive un second recueil de contes. La sorcière s'est assise à sa table, elle a poussé un gros soupir, elle a rassemblé ses souvenirs, puis elle s'est mise à la tâche et... voilà le résultat !

Genres: Fantasy, Childrens, Short Stories, France

184 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1983

About the author

Born to a Greek father and a French mother, he was orphaned in 1944 and had to interrupt his studies and support himself with various jobs. He served in the airborne troops, from 1946 to 1949.Eldar Idrizovic From 1950 to 1957, he was employed by Mobil Oil, and was delegate of CGT trade union.
He took up writing at an early age but did not consider his works fit for publishing until the late 1950s.
In 1959, he published his autobiography, Pierrot-la-lune, which was a critical success. He gained notoriety with his 1962 play Lieutenant Tenant, but his later works were commercially unsuccessful. Pierre Gripari kept publishing his books thanks to the support of publisher L'Age d'Homme, but only gained real fame and success in the late 1970s, thanks to the publishing of his children's book Contes de la rue Broca. Until his death, he was more known to French audiences as a children's author.
He was also theater critic for the newspaper Écrits de Paris.

He died December 23, 1990 at St. Joseph hospital in Paris.

Reviews

[Carol · Rating 4 out of 5]

Me gustó mucho más que el primero de "Los cuentos de la calle Broca", tiene más cuentos basados en cuentos de hadas rusos y uno griego, y esos me gustaron porque no los conocía. Y los cuentos originales de Gripari siguen siendo tan maravillosos y con un sin sentido tan divertido que me encantan.
Además, la introducción me fascinó. Porque es el personaje de la bruja del armario, como la corrieron de su casa, pues ahora la encontramos buscando un nuevo hogar donde instalarse, y los niños del lugar donde llega quieren que les cuente cuentos, así que decide escribirse un libro, que es el de los cuentos de la Folie Méricourt.

[Jorge Rosas · Rating 4 out of 5]

I loved this continuation of the Broca tales, we find a familiar character that introduces us into this new set of short tales, some were taken from other cultures and some were quite different from the original Broca, there was some cannibalism and some were tragic, still it’s a lovely recollection.

[Marie-Ève · Rating 4 out of 5]

Par le même auteur et dans le même style que les Contes de la rue Broca, petits contes amusants et agréables à lire, peu importe notre âge!