{"id":33444,"date":"2020-04-21T13:19:22","date_gmt":"2020-04-21T11:19:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/leregardlibre.com\/?p=33444"},"modified":"2023-09-22T17:22:11","modified_gmt":"2023-09-22T15:22:11","slug":"william-kotzwinkle-nest-pas-un-ecrivain-comme-les-autres","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/leregardlibre.com\/en\/literature\/william-kotzwinkle-nest-pas-un-ecrivain-comme-les-autres\/","title":{"rendered":"William Kotzwinkle is no ordinary writer"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>Les bouquins du mardi - Special edition \u00abLes coronar\u00e9trospectives de la litt\u00e9rature\u00bb - Am\u00e9lie Wauthier<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-drop-cap\">For my \u00abbonus\u00bb review, I wanted to recommend a fresh and fun book, to remind us all that life is good and reading is fun. Otherwise, I don't see much point in telling you about a book I wouldn't highly recommend, and having to read it first. So I went through the various floors of my library and, between Kafka and Heidegger, got my hands on the third volume of the tales of this famous thirty-something, aka Bridget Jones. <em>Mad about him<\/em>, A fresh, off-the-wall diary that talks about love and troubles in an ultra-funny, piquant tone, perfect reading for this period of confinement!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more Lire la critique-->\n\n\n\n<p>Apr\u00e8s cinquante pages, je suis certaine d\u2019une chose: le r\u00e9cit fa\u00e7on journal d\u2019une adulescente maladroite et attachante quand on est une veuve avec deux enfants qui a un <em>toyboy<\/em>, \u00e7a ne fonctionne pas, mais alors vraiment pas! Ma d\u00e9ception est \u00e0 la hauteur de celle lorsque, fan absolue de Tolkien, j\u2019ai d\u00e9couvert l\u2019adaptation du <em>Hobbit<\/em> par Peter Jackson \u2013 c\u2019est vous dire! Un peu d\u00e9pit\u00e9e, mais optimiste (oui, on peut \u00eatre les deux \u00e0 la fois, je vous l\u2019assure!), je retourne \u00e0 ma biblioth\u00e8que, bien d\u00e9termin\u00e9e \u00e0 trouver LE livre qui fera battre mon c\u0153ur et travailler mes zygomatiques.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Pourquoi pas Jo Nesbo? Mmh, pas certaine d\u2019avoir envie de lire un thriller. <em>Les falsificateurs<\/em> d\u2019Antoine Bello? Ah, oui! il \u00e9tait vraiment chouette, mais 587 pages\u2026Trop long! Et <em>La France de Vichy<\/em>? Tu parles d\u2019une lecture \u00abfra\u00eeche et sympa\u00bb. Autant revenir \u00e0 Kafka. A ce rythme-l\u00e0, je ne suis pas pr\u00eate de l\u2019\u00e9crire, ma critique! Je d\u00e9cide alors de proc\u00e9der avec m\u00e9thode et discipline \u2013 c\u2019est tout moi\u2026 Comme j\u2019ai envie de lire quelque chose de dr\u00f4le, je s\u00e9lectionne les bouquins, tous genres confondus, aux titres rigolos, voire loufoques. Si apr\u00e8s dix pages, je n\u2019ai pas de coup de c\u0153ur, j\u2019abandonne l\u2019ouvrage que j\u2019ai entre les mains et j\u2019attaque le suivant. Parfois, il faut de la rigueur et de l\u2019ordre pour que la magie op\u00e8re.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong><em>L\u2019ours est un \u00e9crivain comme les autres<\/em><\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Par William Kotzwinkle, le gars qui te permet de gagner haut la main toute partie de Scrabble! (Je sais, les noms propres ne sont pas autoris\u00e9s, mais si on ne peut pas faire preuve d\u2019un minimum de souplesse en cette p\u00e9riode de crise sanitaire, o\u00f9 va-t-on?) C\u2019est l\u2019histoire d\u2019un homme, Arthur Bramhall. Professeur de litt\u00e9rature \u00e0 l\u2019Universit\u00e9 du Maine et en ann\u00e9e sabbatique \u00e0 la campagne. Sujet \u00e0 la d\u00e9pression, Arthur nourrit l\u2019espoir d\u2019entretenir des relations sexuelles avec des femmes, elles aussi d\u00e9prim\u00e9es. Il y consacrera un livre, bas\u00e9 sur sa seule imagination, ses projets charnels ayant tr\u00e8s vite \u00e9t\u00e9 contrari\u00e9s par la r\u00e9alit\u00e9. Suite \u00e0 la disparition de son roman lors de l\u2019incendie de sa grange, Bramhall r\u00e9\u00e9crit son histoire et l\u2019enterre au pied d\u2019un arbre, dans un porte-document, afin de le prot\u00e9ger.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>\u00abJ\u2019ai \u00e9crit la v\u00e9rit\u00e9\u00bb, d\u00e9clara Bramhall en fermant son manuscrit, qu\u2019il tapota tendrement. Il venait d\u2019allumer, au c\u0153ur des t\u00e9n\u00e8bres destructrices de sa d\u00e9pression de toujours, un lumignon de gait\u00e9. \u00abDemain, tu vas conqu\u00e9rir le monde\u00bb, annon\u00e7a-t-il au manuscrit.\u00bb<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>C\u2019est l\u2019histoire d\u2019un ours, qui passait dans le coin par hasard. Et qui, en fouinant au pied d\u2019un arbre, mit la main sur un roman \u00e0 l\u2019abri dans un porte-documents. Il d\u00e9cide alors de saisir sa chance de devenir quelqu\u2019un. Bien qu\u2019on le trouve \u00e9trange, l\u2019ours parvient \u00e0 se faire passer pour Dan Flakes, un \u00e9crivain ultra dou\u00e9 \u2013 et invent\u00e9 de toutes pi\u00e8ces \u2013 que tout le monde s\u2019arrache. Vivant au jour le jour, puisque c\u2019est un ours , il n\u2019h\u00e9site pas \u00e0 se rouler par terre de plaisir apr\u00e8s avoir englouti un bon repas. Il est un mod\u00e8le pour tous, de son agent aux pr\u00e9sentateurs t\u00e9l\u00e9, qui le consid\u00e8rent comme un \u00eatre libre qui sait profiter pleinement et simplement de la vie tout en rejetant les conventions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>L\u2019ours fait preuve de candeur malgr\u00e9 son d\u00e9sir le plus profond de devenir quelqu\u2019un. Les codes sociaux qui r\u00e9gissent le monde des humains restent pour lui un grand myst\u00e8re. Mais il n\u2019en a que faire et se contente d\u2019appr\u00e9cier l\u2019instant pr\u00e9sent, d\u00e9tach\u00e9 du pass\u00e9, n\u2019anticipant pas le futur. Et cela le rend parfaitement heureux. Son unique crainte: finir dans un zoo et \u00eatre ainsi priv\u00e9 de sa libert\u00e9. Quant \u00e0 Arthur Bramhall (le v\u00e9ritable \u00e9crivain, souvenez-vous!), \u00e0 nouveau priv\u00e9 des fruits de son dur labeur, il se laisse embrigader par Pinette, un bon gars du cru toujours accompagn\u00e9 par son chien, qui le tra\u00eene de foyer en foyer, \u00e0 la qu\u00eate d\u2019histoires plus vraies que nature pour un futur bouquin. Quelle que soit sa destin\u00e9e, chaque personnage est confront\u00e9 \u00e0 un m\u00eame probl\u00e8me, celui de trouver SA place.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Enfant de l\u2019absurde <\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Dan Flakes est un ours, mais personne ne le remarque. Apr\u00e8s avoir perdu son roman dans un incendie, puis lors d\u2019un vol, Aarthur Bramhall se r\u00e9fugie dans une grotte pour y hiberner un coup. Ce bouquin se trouvait-il entre <em>Visit<\/em> <em>Trial<\/em> de Kafka et le <em>Rhinoceros<\/em> d\u2019Ionesco? J\u2019ai ri, mais qu\u2019est-ce que j\u2019ai ri! Cette fois, nul besoin de compter les pages, je les ai d\u00e9vor\u00e9es les unes apr\u00e8s les autres. Le style de l\u2019\u00e9crivain est aussi simple et \u00e9l\u00e9gant que son ours et le regard qu\u2019il pose sur le monde aussi aiguis\u00e9 que celui d\u2019un professeur d\u2019universit\u00e9. Personne n\u2019a lu le livre de Dan Flakes, mais tout le monde l\u2019adore! Les paroles de l\u2019\u00e9crivain n\u2019ont aucun sens? Qu\u2019\u00e0 cela ne tienne, chacun y va de sa propre interpr\u00e9tation! Quel g\u00e9nie, ce Dan! On l\u2019appr\u00e9cie pour sa simplicit\u00e9, sa modestie, c\u2019est un mod\u00e8le\u2026 mais les humains font tout le contraire, histoire de bien cultiver leurs TOC, n\u00e9vroses et autres malheurs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Regorgeant de nature et d\u2019humanit\u00e9, ce roman est une v\u00e9ritable bouff\u00e9e d\u2019air frais \u2013 celui des for\u00eats du Maine \u2013 et nous invite \u00e0 nous questionner sur nos habitudes, ainsi que notre mode de vie, avec beaucoup d\u2019humour et de philosophie. Que vous soyez un ours ou un litt\u00e9raire, bourru ou solitaire, n\u2019h\u00e9sitez plus! Profitez de ce confinement pour vous faire du bien et d\u00e9vorez un chouette bouquin!&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Write to the author: <a href=\"mailto:amelie.wauthier@leregardlibre.com\">amelie.wauthier@leregardlibre.com<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Cr\u00e9dits photo: \u00a9 Am\u00e9lie Wauthier pour <em>Le Regard Libre<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text is-stacked-on-mobile alignwide\" style=\"grid-template-columns:32% auto\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"290\" height=\"475\" src=\"http:\/\/leregardlibre.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/ours.gif\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-33445\"\/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p><strong>William Kotzwinkle<\/strong><br \/><em><strong>L&#8217;ours est un \u00e9crivain comme les autres<\/strong><br \/><\/em><strong>Traduction de Nathalie Bru<\/strong><br \/><strong>10\/18<\/strong><br \/><strong>2016<\/strong><br \/><strong>285 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