Joseph is well and truly back with his family. Everything is going well for him. He works, loves and is loved. At the end of a harvest day, and after an evening of drinking, Joseph returns to Agathe's house where a surprise awaits him. It's Leila. She invites him to leave the village with her...
Joseph's convalescence was drawing to a close. Deep in bed, he heard a familiar voice, not that of the previous maid, Agathe. It's her, it's Leila, his childhood sweetheart. Their reunion marks the beginning of a period of peace and reconciliation. Joseph now takes part in village life, working, eating and laughing with those who have perhaps become his own.
Joseph's convalescence was drawing to a close. Deep in bed, he heard a familiar voice, not that of the previous maid, Agathe. It's her, it's Leila, his childhood sweetheart. Their reunion marks the beginning of a period of peace and reconciliation. Joseph now takes part in village life, working, eating and laughing with those who have perhaps become his own.
Plunged into a feverish sleep, Joseph dreams. With his old friend Pierre, he wanders across a desolate moor. He remembers loneliness, a past that has died inside him. The two friends walk to the edge of the forest, where a woman awaits them. It's Leila. She has a choice to make, and she chooses Joseph. Pierre collapses...
Each month, Le Regard Libre publishes young Swiss author Elliot Mazzella's novel Le retour, in the form of fifteen episodes. A return to fiction in these pages, a return to the old tradition of the serial novel.
After Joseph's attack, Pierre still hasn't returned to the village. Simeon, who brought the stranger's body home as if it were his own son, seems worried. Joseph, meanwhile, lies in a room where Leila keeps watch. She knows that her father had something to do with the death of her old flame.
Joseph's situation in the village is as unstable as ever. After his encounter with Pierre in the village pigsty, he is left for dead. Pierre, convinced of having committed a fratricidal crime, flees. It is Simeon who brings back Joseph's apparently lifeless body, even though the day before he had ordered his men to hunt him down like an animal.
ROMAN «LE RETOUR», Elliot Mazzella | Le retour de Joseph ne se passe pas comme prévu. Tantôt étranger, tantôt membre de la communauté, sa situation est on ne peut plus instable. Les tâches collectives auxquelles il prend part prennent peu à peu l’allure d’épreuves qui vont parfois jusqu’à mettre sa vie en danger. Après un simulacre de chasse à l’homme, Joseph se voit confier la porcherie, où, sans qu’il le sache, une vieille connaissance l’attend.
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