Un bon rabbin
Chlomo est un rabbin qui veille avec beaucoup d’affection et de miséricorde sur sa petite communauté de fidèles. Lorsqu’il rencontre l’énigmatique Jacob, sa vie prend un tour inédit. Car Jacob est un tueur à gages névrosé, proche de la dépression. Pour lui laisser le temps de se refaire une santé et de trouver son chemin, Chlomo décide de prendre sa place. Mais les nouvelles activités du rabbin ont des conséquences : il néglige ses fidèles, rate le shabbat. Dans son entourage, on commence à se poser des questions…
Ce roman irrévérencieux et teinté d’humour interroge avec finesse les notions de Bien et de Mal, ainsi que l’inversion potentielle des valeurs.
- Bleue
- Paru le 07/02/2019
- Genre : Littérature française
- 160 pages - 140 x 205 mm
- EAN : 9782715249400
- ISBN : 9782715249400
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Chlomo is a good rabbi, a very good rabbi. Thanks to his human qualities and great listening abilities, he takes care of his small faithful community with a lot of affection and mercy. When he meets an enigmatic man called Jacob, his life takes an unexpected turn. Jacob is a neurotic hitman who is close to a major nervous breakdown. Chlomo is such a kind man that he replaces Jacob so that the killer can take some rest: Chlomo now kills Jacob’s targets cold-bloodedly. But Chlomo’s new secret activities have consequences: he neglects the community, he misses the Sabbath for the first time, his wife is wondering about the situation… But Chlomo is a good rabbi, everybody knows that – what could he do wrong?
How far can we go to help people? This is the key issue raised by Manuel Benguigui in this iconoclastic and extremely funny novel.
A successful mix of dark humour and Jewish humour, this novel is a fable about Good and Evil and the possible inversion of values.
Manuel Benguigui was born in Paris in 1976. He works in a tribal art gallery. At Mercure de France, he published Un collectionneur allemand (rights sold: Turkey, Yapi Kredi) and Un tableau neigeux.
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