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The eternal return of novels
A monumental novel on the theme of eternal return.
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«Freedom»: the freedom to miss out on life the American way
American politics, errors and freedoms
«99 francs»: a novel more Kundersonian than it seems
According to sociologist Michel Maffesoli, who spoke on the March 9 edition of «Face à l'info», we find ourselves at the crossroads of two eras: a time of quantity may be returning to a time of quality. If so, perhaps the 21st century will be that of the novel, which alone is capable of expressing unquantifiable truths. In many respects, and perhaps surprisingly, «99 francs», Frédéric Beigbeder's novel denouncing the tyranny of advertising and inaugurating the trilogy featuring Octave Parango, can be read according to this very conception of the novel - that of Milan Kundera.
Frédéric Beigbeder: «Looking at reality with astonishment doesn't prevent us from being corrosive».»
On the occasion of the presentation of the final part of his trilogy devoted to Octave Parango, Frédéric Beigbeder takes us on a journey in the footsteps of this literary double, sharing his criticism of the dictatorship of laughter and his passion for the novel.
«Au secours pardon»: we'll end up crying together
Before his critique of the «society of sneers» in *The Man Who Cries with Laughter* (2020), but after his escapades as a cocaine-addicted advertising executive in *99 Francs* (2000), Octave Parango spent four seasons in Russia. In *Au secours pardon* (2007), Frédéric Beigbeder’s alter ego is as wretched, funny, fascinating, despairing, horrible, tragic, pathetic, and touching as ever.
Roland Jaccard, provocateur among the piss-cold
Lucid about the state of a world that accepts less and less bad spirits, but more and more good spirits...
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