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Le Regard Libre N\u00b0 39<\/a> - Nicolas Jutzet<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Published by Slatkine & Cie, French author Daniel Fohr's story takes us on an adventure. There's plenty to think about, and the story he tells plunges us into a nostalgic past.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

The focus is on the Aviator. It is in his memory that his grandnephew sets sail. Setting out from Le Havre, his mission is to reach South America\u2014more specifically, Buenos Aires, after a stopover in Santos. He is doing this to fulfill the old sage\u2019s final wish. The sage wants his ashes scattered in the R\u00edo de la Plata. And why? To find his lost love.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"The Aviator,\" a remnant of a forgotten world<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

A war hero, the Aviator is a sturdy man. After flying all over the world throughout his career in aviation, he is now enjoying his retirement. A model of longevity, he eventually passed away at the age of 118, coming very close to the world record. The last surviving member of a family plagued by tragedy, the grandnephew then enters the story. The will is addressed to him. He inherits the deceased\u2019s apartment, as well as a mission: to make the journey he was never able to take. To travel to South America by ship, setting out from Normandy. The city, which was heavily damaged during World War II, lies at the heart of the great melodrama of the old man\u2019s life. It is here that everything ends\u2014and, paradoxically, everything begins anew.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In his early youth, the man had met a radiant South American woman who, not content with being stunningly beautiful, was also fortunate enough to come from a good family. Having come to discover Europe and enjoying the hospitality of her aunt, who was settled on the Old Continent, she eventually fell in love with the valiant engineering student that the Aviator was at the time. At the age of twenty-five, he managed to win over the twenty-one-year-old maiden. It was the beginning of the adventure of a lifetime. Or at least, that was the shared destiny the lovebirds swore to each other.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u00abEvery moment, I feel the need to convince myself that you weren't a dream. I feel as if I was born the very second I met you.\u00bb<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

Unfortunately, as expected, his beloved must return to her homeland at the end of her European journey. She returns there\u2014a different time, a different reality\u2014by ship. A long voyage awaits her. Exchanging letters was the only connection that bound this madly in love couple together at the time. And back then, the postal service was different; it took weeks and weeks to deliver mail from one continent to another. The situation was agonizing for anyone waiting for a reply from their loved one. Unimaginable for us, in this age of instant messaging and information overload. Add to that the slow crossing of the Atlantic Ocean. A true lesson in humility for the ultra-connected generation we belong to. Could patience reignite those emotions?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Now that he\u2019s finally graduated, he decides to join her. Off on an adventure! He\u2019ll take the same route, by ship, from Le Havre. Everything\u2019s settled; the anticipation is palpable.\u00a0But one day before departure, just as he was about to check out of his hotel room in Le Havre, the future pilot\u2019s world came crashing down. A terse telegram shattered\u2014perhaps forever\u2014the illusion of attainable happiness.\u00a0\u00abI\u2019ve thought it over. It\u2019s over. I don\u2019t love you anymore. I don\u2019t want to see you anymore. It\u2019s final.\u00bb Brutal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u00abHe was twenty-five, and the woman who had just shut the door on their future together was only twenty-one.\u00bb<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

A Long, Quiet River<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

The grandnephew thus inherits a journey that should have led his ancestor to happiness. The Aviator will finally make that journey, years later, sealed inside an urn. Carried by his descendant, who keeps a watchful eye on things. One last journey, in search of rest\u2014and answers, no doubt. The grandnephew, a rather uninspiring librarian, takes the mission very seriously. Off he goes for a month\u2014not on a cruise ship, but on a container ship, as impersonal as can be.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Through the character\u2019s remarks, we are introduced to the sometimes harsh world of sailors: solitude, sacrifice, and a sense of community. One might even detect a barracks-like atmosphere. With his numerous lists and a slowing pace, the author succeeds perfectly in conveying the tempo<\/i> the most peaceful part of the journey, to say the least. Traveling at 17 km\/h on a red cargo ship, life is calm and monotonous. At times, the narrator\u2019s boredom almost rubs off on the reader.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Interrupted by a storm that triggered severe seasickness and a few scares for the Aviator\u2014who watched his new home perform a few acrobatic maneuvers on the ship\u2014the drowsiness that sets in is pleasant for anyone who dreams of one day taking on such a challenge. Often left to his own devices, the librarian tries to understand, to uncover the missing pieces, and simply to connect with others\u2014without much success. We grow attached to the crew members on board, who do their best to brighten up their daily lives.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u00abI thought of the Aviator as he set out on his final journey, and of myself, tasked with bringing him back to his childhood sweetheart\u2014a fantasy that had remained lodged for nearly a century in his reptilian brain, the seat of romantic love.\u00bb<\/i><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Despite the sometimes suffocating confinement, it\u2019s hard to grasp the depth of the characters. Breaking through the narrator\u2019s shell remains a pipe dream, as he speaks primarily of the urn that accompanies him and his ultimately quite mundane daily life. Through the letters left for his grandnephew, we learn the story of the two lovers, though we never quite manage to form a complete picture. It isn\u2019t until the final pages that we truly understand the sudden transformation of the gentle woman.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It\u2019s also a shame that so little time is spent on dry land. A few chapters to really immerse ourselves in a way of life so different from what we know in Argentina would have given the story even more depth. You can feel the adventure taking shape, but it never really takes off\u2014or only barely. But that isn\u2019t the point of the book. It isn\u2019t a thriller<\/i>, but rather a travel novel\u2014a coming-of-age story with historical elements. Yet to find oneself, to understand one\u2019s own history, and to understand one\u2019s lover, it takes time\u2014not endless plot twists.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Interview with the author, Daniel Fohr:<\/h1>\n\n\n\n

Le Regard Libre<\/em>: There are several references to Blaise Cendrars in your book. Why is that?<\/b><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Daniel Fohr: Because he\u2019s first and foremost a writer of adventures\u2014human adventures: Russia via the Trans-Siberian Railway, Brazil on a cargo ship, the Gold Rush in America, or even the trenches of 1914. I wanted to follow in that tradition, but with a twist. The name \u00abBuenos Aires\u00bb is evocative, just like \u201cMaracaibo,\u201d \u201cValpara\u00edso,\u201d and so on. My fondness for Cendrars\u2014which isn\u2019t exclusive\u2014also stems from his writing style and his mastery of language. As a literary nod to a cargo ship, it was either him or Conrad, but the latter is too dark a reference for the story I wanted to tell. There\u2019s a lighter, more playful humor in Cendrars\u2014the humor of the parties in Montparnasse\u2014whereas Conrad\u2019s is ironic, sarcastic, and critical. Even though death is present in the novel, it\u2019s always counterbalanced by humor. There\u2019s undoubtedly a connection between the ashes the narrator is carrying and the pseudonym of the writer with the severed hand. And then, my character is, in a way, a \u201cpsychological amputee\u201d\u2014he has never truly loved, and becomes aware of this void when he is confronted with a love story he does not understand.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Life on board is described with precision and skill\u2014have you ever worked on a ship of this size yourself? Where does this desire to describe the lives of sailors come from?<\/b><\/p>\n\n\n\n

I haven\u2019t worked on a ship of that size, but I sailed on one to make the crossing from Le Havre to Buenos Aires, just like my character. It was the least I could do if I wanted to capture a certain truth. The reader has to take the journey too; we have to believe in it\u2014a work of fiction must have its own truth. If someone who\u2019s made this kind of crossing reads my book, they shouldn\u2019t feel like I\u2019m making things up; otherwise, they\u2019ll throw the book away\u2014and they\u2019ll be right. There are some things you simply can\u2019t make up. You can\u2019t find everything on the internet; experience is irreplaceable, because what makes things true are the details you can\u2019t find anywhere else\u2014and the way you observe them. Hemingway\u2019s first piece of advice to anyone who wants to write was: write only about what you know. That\u2019s absolutely right. Then, building on that, you can invent whatever you want. When I say I didn\u2019t work on this container ship, that\u2019s not entirely true: I wrote passages, notes, and reflections for the book every day. My desire to describe seafarers undoubtedly stems from my modest career as a journalist. freelance<\/i> that I had a long time ago. I\u2019m interested in sociological realities, as well as the way people live lives that are far removed from my own. I\u2019m fascinated by that; I have a taste for exotic things. That\u2019s what I loved about working in advertising, too: one day I\u2019d be visiting a Camembert factory in Normandy, the next a car factory in Japan, and yet another day I\u2019d be off to shoot a film in Cuba or South Africa. That\u2019s always been what interested me, even in seemingly different professions. My family has always traveled; my mother, who is ninety-seven, still travels\u2014she just got back from Canada. I have two brothers\u2014one lives in Madrid, the other in Mexico City. I\u2019ve always been more interested in what\u2019s far away than in what\u2019s close by; that\u2019s undoubtedly a limitation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The pace of the story mirrors the speed of the container ship. There is little action. Why was this choice made?<\/b><\/p>\n\n\n\n

I wanted to write a classic coming-of-age story\u2014the kind that takes you from one shore to the other, a return to Ithaca. I was looking for something unadorned, without too much action, precisely because my previous novel, The Silent Lightning of Catatumbo<\/i>, was quite rich. It was a kind of tribute to a certain type of Latin American literature that I feel close to. With Back to Buenos Aires<\/i>, I wondered if I'd be able to write a story where not much happens, like Ballard in *The Concrete Island*<\/i>: A character drives his car off a cliff one rainy evening into a no man's land<\/i> between a series of highway interchanges and bypasses, and he\u2019ll never leave this wasteland and return to the Stone Age. I approach each of my books as a new experience. How can I talk about the repetition of days without repeating myself? How do I handle time and duration? How can I talk about boredom without boring the reader? This has forced me to be precise in my writing, to be fluid, and to always put myself in the reader\u2019s shoes\u2014which helps me avoid a certain complacency. Sometimes I\u2019m very satisfied with a long passage that I find perfectly structured and well-written, but which adds absolutely nothing to the narrative\u2014or even slows it down. You have to know how to prune a text, to continue the reference to Cendrars. Since I tend to reread and rewrite a lot, if a passage starts to bore me\u2014if I find myself skimming over it too quickly\u2014I know it will bore the reader. The text must still appeal to me after fifty rereadings; that\u2019s the best test of all. But style and tone aren\u2019t enough; there must also be something at stake. Aside from the episodes with the crew and life on board, the gradual unfolding of this love story\u2014composed of six letters that the protagonist rereads with us\u2014 right up to the final resolution\u2014finding out what awaits our character upon arrival\u2014is a driving force that compels the reader to turn the page and, I hope, makes the novel less boring than the voyage itself.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Write to the author:\u00a0nicolas.jutzet@leregardlibre.com<\/a><\/em><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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