Title : One day I will leave without having said everything - Jean d'Ormesson - book
Summary :
A hike in the beauty of the world.
Not a sequel but perhaps a complement to the previous novel, this book is divided into three parts, each of which corresponds to a question or an observation that any somewhat sharp mind asks.
A social novel: "Everything passes." We live in a time of transition: books, family, morals, borders, currencies, even religion. Everything is known because, through the Web, everyone is immediately informed of everyone else's fate. To illustrate this point, a contemporary romantic story unfolds where a Buddhist billionaire and communist bursts into a traditional family.
A love novel: "Nothing changes." A writer seeks his path and only finds it through the love of a woman, Marie. He gives himself to her, who gives him back to himself. Love is more important than literature and everything else. It does not consist of looking into each other's eyes but of looking at the world together. The spectacle of the world brings about their astonishment and admiration, which are at the root of all knowledge. The social novel has changed into a love novel, which itself will change into a novel of the universe.
A novel of the universe: "There is something sacred above us." To the author's now classic grandfather, to Pama the Buddhist, to Mary, God is added as one of the book's main characters. For how can one speak of anything other than God? What follows is a brief history of humanity by those who thought it and made it: philosophers and scientists. A battle has begun between God and science. The position of the author, a Catholic and agnostic, is to give God a chance.
This book is easy and profound. It reflects what made previous works so successful: faith in literature, the importance of feelings, the absence of illusions, the taste for happiness, the search for truth. All of this is lifted by the grace of a winged style and writing.
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EAN : 9782221138335
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