I was really curious to see how, after "the first sip of beer" and "murdered nap" which of course I had subjugated me drinker words, yes I wanted to see how Philippe Delerm lead after Completion whole novel (at least I did not read it until now!). That is to say, beyond style, beyond writing: how he would treat a subject.
This topic is woven throughout the pages through Mary, in the middle of his life, shattered by the abandonment of her companion, a sort of soul brother, father of her son. But surrender has already hit Marie, years ago when it deserted his son theater people dream for a life more "fulfilling" and that it "succeeds". Marie feels the need to "burn" rather than succeed. The chapters are as I like, short, incisive. Writing, always writing to me that justifies every novel beyond the subject of less importance ... of chasing, perhaps less successful than the new (obviously, the length diluting the force). But even still this very characteristic leg. And turning a sequence, these little descriptive phrases that make me melt. But the following quote does not belong. It is rather a thought emitted by André, an important figure, heralding the turn will take the fate of Mary: "The most beautiful things are always sad, but when it is the artists who say, That it makes us happy. Sadness is not absurd, it is beautiful. The beauty makes sense. "
The theater, the publishing world, serve as the backdrop for this life that finds its apotheosis in the madness ... You close the book and the little music still continues a little ...
