Title : The Other Falstaff - Jack-Alain Léger - book
Summary :
A noble tramp, a magnificent wreck, overflowing with humanity and generosity, with a delightful immorality, the enormous, truculent Falstaff is languishing in a Windsor inn: he is nostalgic for the time when he was the friend of the lords who today vie for the Queen's favor. Who will save him from his melancholy, who will save him from himself? The corrupt great lords whom his bad jokes once so amused? The beautiful Alice who devotes such a candid, pure love to him? Or Shakespeare himself, since "all in this world is buffoonery"? Who will make him discover, in himself, the other Falstaff - the comic character who, for us, embodies the love of life? The writer at the height of his powers - an irresistible blend of verve, gaiety, virtuosity, fantasy, smiling gravity and amused erudition - tells us again, with brilliance, with joy, that the novel is, first and foremost, a celebration.
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EAN: 9782070402328
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