His childhood in the Catalan Pyrenees:
you began your life
right at the edge of a stream
you experienced these noises
running in the reeds
ascending paths
that filter coppice
the wings of the mill
midday bells
highlighting of a smile
the song of a bird
you took the pleasures
making circles in the water
This in the streets of Paris:
today you tossed
in less tranquil waters
thou Acharnae and you float
but love, where is he?
ambition has laws
ambition is a cult
you want your voice
dominates the tumult
You want us to love you
a bit like a hero
but which can still
make circles in the water
That seems to me to sum up the central character.
As for the book itself, although some chapters by their slowness and too advanced introspection, a little too slow action, the fact remains that the whole is pretty tasty and worth enjoyed quietly by the fire.
In summary, this is a fragile Inspector Adamsberg man, tormented lover, intelligent and of great delicacy of mind that we want to follow in his future adventures his assistant company that should prove increasingly truculent .
My first VARGAS, which probably will not be the last and Adamsberg soon to be as famous as MAIGRET.
