Pages burning , Pascale Quiviger, Éditions Boréal, 2010
As I mentioned on this blog sometimes, Pascale Quiviger is now part of my personal pantheon authors I revere (almost). Since reading The house of broken time , who had thrown to the ground, I caught my late reading The perfect circle, published in 2004 by Editions de l'instant, and I was also really liked, and the publication of the last book of the Québécoise exiled in London, I jumped for joy and I am eager to get it. With
Pages burning , Pascale Quiviger us into a new genre, closer to the departure of thriller, since we are trying with the inspector to understand Bernard Lincoln the disappearance of a woman, Clara Chablis.
In a letter addressed to his wife Louise, the inspector explains the reasons for his frequent absences and his almost crazy in this investigation rather unconventional.
Then, in the various chapters, we slip into the skin of the dog of the inspector, the best friend of the missing woman, the father of the spouse of Clara, and in that of Daniel, the spouse in question and the main suspect in the case.
Thus, we discover the mysterious Clara through the mouths of those she worked alongside (well, except for dogs). And every once in a different style : The precise style of the Inspector (p.11) gives way to the urgency of Clara's best friend, Rose Jordan (p.75) and the poetry of Daniel (p.191). With Constance Fullum (p.117), we find ourselves in a book of Dickens ...
The author adds a fantastic dimension to the story with references to a possible twinning between Daniel and Clara, who have the same birth date and a very similar genetic code. In addition, Clara has strange powers and a certain influence on everyone she meets. It is altruism and compassion to the extreme, having no good equipment (necessary condition for freedom by the author), punching people in their greatest weaknesses, and guessing their lives. This destitution and compassion are a fascination and a "presqu'idéal" life, dear to the author, who practices Buddhism and meditation.
Each person who rubs Clara emerges from this relationship completely changed. This is true of her friend Rose, bipolar, who describes his illness: "It during the same year that a psychiatrist diagnosed my bipolar disorder, and the rest of my life is in the form of stairs going up, down and stop at unexpectedly. "(p.86-87). Rose is the one that saw the worst loss of Clara.
Madness - madness or almost - is often present in works by Pascale Quiviger, and therein in addition to Rose, who has a serious nervous, we encounter a schizophrenic pyromaniac who to contact Clara subside . The author explains: " For me, the categories of" mental health "and" madness "is just as true and false. We proceed along a ridge much closer than we think "(Le Devoir article by Caroline Montpetit)
For Daniel, the husband of Clara, who is the last to have seen her before his disappearance, we will accept and better understand how this young woman like no other.
These pages to burn, what are they? The pages of a mysterious red book, a guide for this novel, book connecting generations, people, women.
Each person who rubs Clara emerges from this relationship completely changed. This is true of her friend Rose, bipolar, who describes his illness: "It during the same year that a psychiatrist diagnosed my bipolar disorder, and the rest of my life is in the form of stairs going up, down and stop at unexpectedly. "(p.86-87). Rose is the one that saw the worst loss of Clara.
Madness - madness or almost - is often present in works by Pascale Quiviger, and therein in addition to Rose, who has a serious nervous, we encounter a schizophrenic pyromaniac who to contact Clara subside . The author explains: " For me, the categories of" mental health "and" madness "is just as true and false. We proceed along a ridge much closer than we think "(Le Devoir article by Caroline Montpetit)
For Daniel, the husband of Clara, who is the last to have seen her before his disappearance, we will accept and better understand how this young woman like no other.
These pages to burn, what are they? The pages of a mysterious red book, a guide for this novel, book connecting generations, people, women.
one who has said in interviews that " Writing is transportable. It opens my horizons. Live elsewhere because we do not belong to any space. It makes my job more malleable. My identity is in doubt. Everything is familiar and at the same time, is not at all. My vision is that of belonging, but it is related to global solidarity. " book again a novel which we do not know the precise geographic location. This could happen in London, Paris or Montreal. In this regard, the author states: "I like the idea of unsaid, I find that it makes humans more universal. I feel like stealing something to the reader, if I tell him too much about the characters. "
What is certain is that it gives us again a very fine novel, powerful and poetic, sometimes mysterious.
Small note about the author: Pascale Quiviger , also a painter and teacher, in 2007 published a book entitled A point drop, which comes as a reflection on the birth forms, which may be interested artists among you ... for me it does that add more to my admiration for the writer.
As I write this, I listen to Dead Can Dance concert Montreal recorded October 4, 2005 at the Theatre St. Denis (I was there!).
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