Gaston et Gustave
Gustave est le "patron" des écrivains. Il refusa d'être père pour écrire Madame Bovary et L'Éducation sentimentale. Il y a des moments où l'on aimerait se débarrasser de la littérature parce qu'elle ne console jamais des catastrophes. Et pourtant, à la naissance de Gaston, la statue de Flaubert s'est avancée vers moi. Gaston et Gustave se sont retrouvés unis dans la tempête et le naufrage, peau contre peau. Je n'ai pas eu d'autre choix que d'écrire ce livre. J'avais quitté le monde des vivants pour celui des limbes où je réchauffais mes deux fils.»
Olivier Frébourg.
- Bleue
- Paru le 15/09/2011
- Genre : Littérature française
- 240 pages - 140 x 205 mm
- EAN : 9782715232273
- ISBN : 9782715232273
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Presentation
The narrator is spending Whitsun weekend in Saint Malo with his family : his two sons and his wife who is expecting twins. He is working on a book on Flaubert, recounting the author's journey through Brittany with Maxime du Camp. On Whit Monday night, his wife prematurely goes into labour. The second twin dies. The first, named Gaston, is hospitalized in the neonatal care unit of Rouen. As Gaston fights for his life, the narrator feels Gustave's presence near him, compelling him to face the mystery of the beginnings. Gaston and Gustave (Flaubert) are linked, closely entwined, skin to skin.
This book recounts a harrowing experience, interspersed with the tale of an initiatory journey through fields and shores in Flaubert's footsteps.
Born in1965 in Dieppe, Olivier Frébourg is a publisher (he founded the Editions des Equateurs in 2004) and a journalist. He is also the author of Roger Nimier, trafiquant d’insolence, Maupassant, le clandestin, and Un homme à la mer.
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