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Le lit de la merveille
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First published January 1, 1997
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Robert Sabatier
99 books15 followersRobert Sabatier was a French poet and writer. He wrote numerous novels, essays and books of aphorisms and poems. He was elected to the Académie Goncourt in 1971, as well as to the Académie Mallarme. He is also the author of Histoire de la poésie française: La poésie du XVIIe siècle.
Among his notable works is the autobiographical series of novels "Roman d'Olivier" about growing up in the streets of a poor quarter in Paris during the 1930s. A title from the series, Les Allumettes Suédoises (The Safety Matches, also translated under the title The Match Boy), was adapted for French TV by Jacques Ertaud. According to Kirkus Reviews, the book Les Allumettes Suédoises sold 200,000 copies. Other autobiographical installments include "Olivier 1940" and "Les Trompettes Guerrières". More recent works include Diogène about the Cynic philosopher of ancient Greece.
As a poet, Sabatier was awarded Le Prix Guillaume Apollinaire in 1955. A small selection of Sabatier's poems have been published in English translations by the American poet X.J. Kennedy and others in the anthology Modern European Poetry (edited by Willis Barnstone et al., published by Bantam Books, NY, 1966). Kennedy's translations of Sabatier include the poems "Vegetal Body" and the elegiac "Mortal Landscape" where Sabatier wonders
The bird is flown, the monster not yet born
where shall we go in this demolished world?".
In an introduction to Sabatier, Barnstone states: "The poet's despair has sharp edges . . . but the bitter violence that strikes at the reader of these poems has its roots in an earlier joy that persists like a dream." Sabatier's poetry is deeply colored by memory and division: "He held the image that he loved so tight/his body itself cast two shadows."
Before his death, Sabatier was writing his memoirs.
Among his notable works is the autobiographical series of novels "Roman d'Olivier" about growing up in the streets of a poor quarter in Paris during the 1930s. A title from the series, Les Allumettes Suédoises (The Safety Matches, also translated under the title The Match Boy), was adapted for French TV by Jacques Ertaud. According to Kirkus Reviews, the book Les Allumettes Suédoises sold 200,000 copies. Other autobiographical installments include "Olivier 1940" and "Les Trompettes Guerrières". More recent works include Diogène about the Cynic philosopher of ancient Greece.
As a poet, Sabatier was awarded Le Prix Guillaume Apollinaire in 1955. A small selection of Sabatier's poems have been published in English translations by the American poet X.J. Kennedy and others in the anthology Modern European Poetry (edited by Willis Barnstone et al., published by Bantam Books, NY, 1966). Kennedy's translations of Sabatier include the poems "Vegetal Body" and the elegiac "Mortal Landscape" where Sabatier wonders
The bird is flown, the monster not yet born
where shall we go in this demolished world?".
In an introduction to Sabatier, Barnstone states: "The poet's despair has sharp edges . . . but the bitter violence that strikes at the reader of these poems has its roots in an earlier joy that persists like a dream." Sabatier's poetry is deeply colored by memory and division: "He held the image that he loved so tight/his body itself cast two shadows."
Before his death, Sabatier was writing his memoirs.
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October 25, 2018
En tant que grande lectrice, c'est un ivre qui m'a beaucoup touché, un des plus marquants de mes dernières lectures. Je recommande vivement. Le style et l'histoire sont très agréables
October 30, 2020
Je serais tentée de décrire ce roman en empruntant aux anglophones l'expression "wish-fulfillement fantasy"—c'en est une en effet pour qui rêverait très chimériquement de débarquer à 20 ans dans le Paris de l'après-guerre, désargenté et sans autre ambition que celle de creuser son trou au cœur du Quartier Latin, Un moment de lecture très agréable si l'on partage l'affection du protagoniste pour ce Paris littéraire qui perdure encore.
June 22, 2026
Un roman porté sur le monde du livrel et ça ça fait plaisir en tant que lectrice !
L'histoire est touchante même si à la fin elle nous touche d'une façon bien triste 😥
L'histoire est touchante même si à la fin elle nous touche d'une façon bien triste 😥
March 7, 2015
Un bon contemporain pour les amoureux de la lecture .. un peu mou au démarrage mais tourne page assuré par la suite et jusqu'à la fin! Avec Julien on part "là où il y a des livres" en quête d'un bonheur livresque et bibliophile .. Ce jeune homme pour qui "lire était devenu une activité physique comme boire, manger, dormir, marcher " fait tout au long de l'histoire des rencontres intéressantes .. au fil des pages, j'ai vu défiler plusieurs noms d'auteurs et d'artistes connus, des personnages hors du communs .. des collègues, un frère, une soeur, un oncle, une pseudo-famille, un associé, un amour .. puis, une fin inattendue pour mon plus grand plaisir. Je vous le conseil ce livre!
Ps: je remercie ma chérie Tetef qui m'a fait découvrir cette belle lecture.
Ps: je remercie ma chérie Tetef qui m'a fait découvrir cette belle lecture.
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