Title : The Gates of Hell - Laurent Gaudé - Book
Summary :
In the aftermath of a shooting in Naples, Matteo sees all sense of purpose crumble. His little boy is dead. His wife, Giuliana, disappears. He himself sinks into solitude and, night after night, wanders the city streets in his empty taxi without reason.
But one evening, he lets a strange customer get into his car who, in exchange for payment, offers him a drink in a tiny café. There, Matteo meets the owner, Garibaldo, the unrepentant priest Don Mazerotti, and especially Professor Provolone, a colorful character, as erudite as he is sulphurous, who makes strange speeches about the reality of Hell. And who claims that one can descend there...
Those who die take a little of our life with them to the afterlife, and we despair of ever recovering it, both for themselves and to ease our pain. It is in the awareness of all grief—his own, ours—that Laurent Gaudé opposes death with one of the most powerful myths in the history of humanity. Sunny and dark, captivating and breathtaking, his new novel takes us on a "journey" where time and destiny are diverted by the desire to snatch a being from nothingness.
- EAN: 9782742777044
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