{"id":43448,"date":"2021-11-09T18:32:13","date_gmt":"2021-11-09T17:32:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/leregardlibre.com\/?p=43448"},"modified":"2025-02-02T18:21:03","modified_gmt":"2025-02-02T17:21:03","slug":"the-elucidations-of-a-man-suddenly-struck-on-paper","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/leregardlibre.com\/en\/literature\/the-elucidations-of-a-man-suddenly-struck-on-paper\/","title":{"rendered":"\u00abOne man's ramblings\u00bb suddenly on paper"},"content":{"rendered":"

Tuesday books - Diana-Alice Ramsauer<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

I haven't read the book I'm going to introduce to you in this review. But I can already tell you that the text is excellent. The play of which it is a rectangular replica is, in any case: Edouard Baer's book, entitled The ramblings of a man suddenly struck by grace<\/em>, based on the play of the same name, can only be as successful as its inspiration, which is played out on stage. My next goal for the day? To record word by word what I experienced in this Parisian theater. As you will have gathered, this is a literary chronicle with a touch of theatricality about it. Purists be forgiven. Since September 16, Edouard Baer has been playing himself on stage at the Th\u00e9\u00e2tre Antoine in Paris. He is an actor and is about to perform his play: The ramblings of a man suddenly struck by grace<\/em>. Story.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

The man who appears on stage exudes anguish. The actor in his Sunday best, sweaty and disoriented, begs forgiveness: he was supposed to perform his show in the theater next door, but just as he was about to deliver his first line, he couldn't. He ran away and finds himself in front of us... us who were supposed to be attending another play called \"The Play\". He ran off and found himself in front of us... we who were supposed to be attending another play called Last bar before the end of the world<\/em>. A stage manager is already on stage, ready to go. And so begins a discussion, a monologue, even some elucidations. Doubts, questions, few answers, and a few inspirations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n

He is also the author-improviser of the famous tirade \u00abYou know, I don't believe that there is a good or bad situation\u00bb in Asterix and Obelix: Mission Cleopatra <\/em>takes on intimate, existential themes. With humor, but above all with subtlety. The audience laughs at a simple gesture. A mimic of spite. A word. What if we were to live someone else's life for a few moments? Why can't we run away from stupidity or act in the face of fear? How do we become heroic? Who do artists think they are when they evoke and draw inspiration from the most important figures in history? What if we had nothing left to say to each other?<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n

Help from the benevolent ghosts of the past<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

When Edouard Bear is at a loss for words, a whole catalog of tirades comes to the rescue: Brassens lyrics, Bukowski quotations, Malraux funeral orations, Thomas Bernhard stompings, interviews with Romain Gary. The transitions are fluid and natural. The rhythm is accessible to all, more or less literate (especially less than more). You'll come away touched, grown up and with a mad desire to reread the text. And all the others quoted.<\/p>\n\n\n\n