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Il faudra repartir
Des textes de Nicolas Bouvier (1929-1998) rédigés en des pays sur lesquels il n'a rien publié de son vivant : telles sont, sur près d'un demi-siècles, les pépites réunies dans ce volume. En 1948, le jeune homme de dix-huit ans écrit son premier récit de voyage entre Genève et Copenhague, rempli d'illusions qu'il veut rendre réelles ; en 1992, l'écrivain reconnu sillonne les routes néo-zélandaises, émerveillé mais fourbu. On découvrira aussi avec lui la France et l'Afrique du Nord en 1957-1958, l'Indonésie en 1970, la Chine en 1986 et le Canada en 1991. Autant de voyages initiatiques aux divers âges de la vie, entrepris par un Bouvier portraitiste et observateur hors pair, mais aussi reporter, historien, ethnographe, conférencier, photographe, poète.
240 pages, Pocket Book
Published May 20, 2015
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Nicolas Bouvier
104 books112 followersNicolas Bouvier (1929-1998) was a Swiss writer and photographer.
His travels all over the world incited him to recount his experiences and adventures. His work is marked by a commitment to report what he sees and feels, shorn of any pretence of omniscience, leading often to an intimacy bordering on the mystical. His journey from Geneva to Japan was in many ways prescient of the great eastward wave of hippies that occurred in the sixties and seventies - slow, meandering progress in a small, iconic car, carefully guarded idiosyncrasy, a rite of passage. Yet, it differs in that the travelogues this journey inspired contain deep reflections on man's intimate nature, written in a style very much aware and appreciative of the traditions and possibilities of the language he uses. (He wrote mainly in French, though he does mention writing a series of travel articles in English for a local journal during his stay in Ceylon.)
His most famous books are The Way of the World, The Japanese Chronicles, and The Scorpion Fish.
His travels all over the world incited him to recount his experiences and adventures. His work is marked by a commitment to report what he sees and feels, shorn of any pretence of omniscience, leading often to an intimacy bordering on the mystical. His journey from Geneva to Japan was in many ways prescient of the great eastward wave of hippies that occurred in the sixties and seventies - slow, meandering progress in a small, iconic car, carefully guarded idiosyncrasy, a rite of passage. Yet, it differs in that the travelogues this journey inspired contain deep reflections on man's intimate nature, written in a style very much aware and appreciative of the traditions and possibilities of the language he uses. (He wrote mainly in French, though he does mention writing a series of travel articles in English for a local journal during his stay in Ceylon.)
His most famous books are The Way of the World, The Japanese Chronicles, and The Scorpion Fish.
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