Ravel, Courir et Des éclairs forment une trilogie particulière dans l’œuvre de Jean Echenoz. Probably worth five stars in its original language, but I don't speak French so how can I know for sure? Please try again. Echenoz té una prosa d’un estil acerat i punyent. Découvrez Ravel le livre de Jean Echenoz sur Furet.com - 9782367620411 With two of his novels under my belt, Echenoz still does not compel me to read more, but then his books are impeccably crafted and tasty, and so something of his prose always lingers in my memory, eventually leading me back to him, free of any urgency. Jean ECHENOZ : RAVEL. For a couple of years I’ve wanted to read Ravel, since it was a finalist for the International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award in 2009. L’inscription était gratuite. Terrific. Le terme est souvent utilisé pour qualifier l’univers romanesque de Jean Echenoz. Ravel, Jean Echenoz, De La Loupe. I did not realize that he was not such a good pianist, as his music requires much detailed work of technique and color. It's remarkable that such a compact account of a life, or at least the final ten years of a life with backwards glances woven into it, can feel so complete and not awkwardly compressed. Entertaining yet thoughtful fictional glimpse of Ravel. Notre plateforme vous présente des milliers d’ebooks en tous genres à télécharger Goodreads helps you keep track of books you want to read. Top subscription boxes – right to your door, © 1996-2021, Amazon.com, Inc. or its affiliates. and comes across as a great and representative human tragedy... very affecting, and also very funny and beautiful. And this without sentimentality. It's just that like many of the Minuit authors of that generation, Echenoz, who has a lot of technique but not much to say, relies rather too heavily on irony to obfuscate the fact. A lot is packed into this spare slice of Ravel's last years, including his friendships with various musicians and other interesting people of the era, and there is a nice set of translator's notes of explanation at the end. Ravel-Echenoz, portrait en miroir. Il lui reste dix ans à vivre. Livre. Texte 1-L'incipit ( pages 7 à 9) 1 On s'en veut quelquefois de sortir de son bain. “Télérama” a rencontré Jean Echenoz, écrivain virtuose, l'une des voix majeures du paysage littéraire. There was a problem loading your book clubs. C’est un curieux petit roman que celui-ci, où Jean Echenoz évoque les dix dernières années de la vie de Maurice Ravel, de sa grande tournée américaine de 1928 à sa mort en 1937, des suites d’une opération de la dernière chance, tentée en désespoir de cause pour soigner les troubles neurologiques qui en étaient venus à l’empêcher totalement de composer. Being a road trip aficionado I especially liked reading about his traveling – by ship across Atlantic, a whirlwind 3-month criss-crossing of North America via train, European trains, and a life-changing taxi accident. Et il surprend, Jean Echenoz, prix Goncourt 1999 avec le très beau Je m'en vais . It is not surprising to me to find that Ravel was such a fastidious person in all aspects of life, after knowing a lot of his music and even from seeing photographs of him. Welcome back. Ravel / Jean Echenoz. This was a pleasant reunion, and though I am still not sold on novels that adhere so closely to biographical facts of specific individuals, in this case I rather liked it because I've long been a fan of the surprisingly mysterious Ravel. Ravel, de Jean Echenoz C’est l'un des évènements de ce début d'année en librairie : la parution du nouveau livre de l'un de nos grands romanciers, Jean Echenoz. After viewing product detail pages, look here to find an easy way to navigate back to pages you are interested in. Ravel Ed. An excellent, fast read. Ravel is a delightful novella of things. Meandering plot. Ravel, de Jean Echenoz, aux Editions de Minuit, c'est le récit des dernières années du si célèbre Boléro.Un portrait sans concession d'un personnage volontaire et exigeant, il ne s'agit en aucun cas d'une biographie. Au fil des pages, Jean Echenoz effleure de toujours plus près le mystère ravelien (non ce mot n'existe pas mais il devrait), il le bouscule, il le soulève, l'emmène dans des bourrasques où Ravel ne peut que se dépouiller, comme s'il s'agissait d'une parure de plumes, de … Jean Echenoz romance ces dix dernières années avec beaucoup d'humour et dans un style sec et alerte. Just a moment while we sign you in to your Goodreads account. Depuis l’éclatement des Belles Lettres, la lit­té­ra­ture est entrée dans la moder­nité, un temps de doute qui met fin … Another of Echenoz's miniature novels, this one a historical about the last years in the life of Maurice Ravel. ), l'écrivain y évoquait les dix dernières années de la vie du compositeur. Echenoz seems to approach his subject with a maximum restraint, happy to pass along relevant verifiable details but reluctant to trespass too much on mental states except when these have been established by the available facts. Linda Coverdale. En décembre 1927, Maurice Ravel a 52 ans et s'apprête à embarquer sur le France pour une grande tournée en Amérique. Nearly half of this slim book is devoted to Ravel's lucrative but exhausting tour of the USA in 1928. But I ended the book more impressed by Echenoz than by Ravel. It's actually a novella, a fictionalized portrayal of Maurice Ravel's last decade of life. Le vrai héros, c’est celui qui est aussi un homme. It is certainly not rushed: Echenoz doesn't linger over details, but his focus is as much on the small as the large (the book begins with Ravel in the bathtub). Jean Echenoz, un estilista pur, un escriptor que parla de persones, de personatges (Zatopek, Tesla, Ravel) però no podem dir que els seus llibres sobre aquests personatges siguin novel.les biogràfiques.. No, ni Córrer és una biografia a l’ ús de Zatopek ni Relámpago ho és de Nikola Tesla i encara menys Ravel ho és de Ravel!!. There's such a strong sense of Ravel as character, in particular as a person concerned with surfaces, appearances, and presentation—even holding up concerts on more than one occasion because he'd worn the wrong shoes—and while the style of the novel mirrors that concern it is anything but superficial. Be the first to ask a question about Ravel. Ravel, Courir et Des éclairs forment une trilogie particulière dans l’œuvre de Jean Echenoz. I picked up this short novel, composed of short sketches from the end of Ravel's life, more for my interest in Ravel than in the author. June 1st 2007 Ravel par Jean Echenoz a été vendu pour EUR 13,00 chaque copie. As an amateur musician, I loved the details of Ravel's musical life and thought the tragedy of his late life was sensitively presented and very touching. Enter your mobile number or email address below and we'll send you a link to download the free Kindle App. Echenoz mainly stays outside, reporting the facts of Ravel's movements and actions from that period and not bothering to editorialize about them. Jean Echenoz, Ravel, Editions de minuit 2006. Alors que Jean Echenoz voulait écrire un roman de pure fiction se déroulant dans les années 1930 et dans lequel le personnage de Maurice Ravel ne devait seulement faire qu'une apparition, c'est la visite de la maison du compositeur à Ravel fut grand comme un jockey, donc comme Faulkner. I love both the musician and the writer, the combination is perfect. The book opens in 1928 as Maurice Ravel—dandy, eccentric, curmudgeon—crosses the Atlantic abroad the luxury liner the SS France to begin his triumphant grand tour of the United States. His interest, rather, is in getting across the flavor of that life and that art, it's peculiar tenor, and I think he succeeds in this. This is not a large novel about the psychology of the artist, nor is it really a small novel about the same.