Kietu ?
En Australie où la conduit son métier, elle rencontre Saül Wangka. Avec lui, elle découvre le bush, les Aborigènes et tout un système de valeurs jusqu’alors inconnu. Une fois « initiée » à cette culture, Laurie découvrira une nouvelle voie : les croyances aborigènes lui apporteront peut-être des réponses aux questions qui la hantent à propos de ses origines, l’aideront à éclaircir l’effrayant mystère de sa naissance...
François Dominique dresse le portrait d’une femme libre douée pour le bonheur, dont la vie est faite de rebondissements professionnels et amoureux, une femme qui parvient à surmonter les épreuves avec une énergie communicative.
- Bleue
- Paru le 02/05/2024
- Genre : Littérature française
- 208 pages - 140 x 205 mm
- EAN : 9782715264038
- ISBN : 9782715264038
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Laurie was raised in the Ardèche region by tender, generous parents. By their side, she developed an unconditional love for the region, a taste for flowers, nature and, above all, stone – basalt and purplish schist... It was only natural that she should become a geological engineer, specializing in mining.
A rare woman in a male-dominated field, Laurie travels the world: from Lorraine, where she learns her trade, to Australia, where she specializes in drilling for the rare mineral tantalum. There, she met Saül Wangka, a site manager with whom she forged a strong friendship. With him, she discovers the bush he comes from, its Aborigines, and an unknown system of values. Thanks to Saul, she also understands that mining "hurts" the land of this indigenous people, and that the big mining companies have a colonial attitude. Her convictions waver... Years later, when she returns to France, sensitized to aboriginal beliefs, she wonders whether the nightmares that have haunted her since childhood might have something to do with the mystery of her origins...
François Dominique is the author of several novels and stories, collections of poems and essays. He is also a translator from German language (Meckel, Häfner, Rilke).
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