Title : Ravel - Jean Echenoz - book

Summary :

Ravel was as tall as a jockey, and therefore like Faulkner. His body was so light that in 1914, eager to enlist, he tried to persuade the military authorities that such a weight would be ideal for aviation. This enlistment was refused, and he was exempted from any obligation, but as he insisted, he was assigned, without a hint of humor, to driving heavy goods vehicles. Thus, one day, one saw, driving down the Champs-Élysées, an enormous military truck containing a small figure in an oversized blue greatcoat, clinging as best he could to a steering wheel that was too big. (JE) This novel traces the last ten years of the life of the French composer Maurice Ravel (1875-1937).

• EAN : 9782707319302
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