The voice of Montse

Lydie Salvayre navait never felt the need or desire to focus on maternal memories of the Spanish Civil War. Completion day this has become a pressing need him. To address this, it confronts one side this was for libertarian parenthesis Montse, mother of the narrator, a pure enchantment, and the other side the stories of Georges Bernanos, direct witness of the repression of national Franco Palma de Mallorca. It is so appalled by what he observes that he flees LESPAGNE all by addressing writing his story The Great Cemeteries under the moon, in which he denounced "the damn men when fanaticism and keeps bringing up enrages abjections the worst. "

In order not ségarer between the stories of Bernanos and the failing memory of his mother, seventy-five years after the events, is full of twists and holes, Lydie Salvayre also consult some books of history to reconstruct as accurately as possible the lenchaînement facts.

Two voices so intertwined, that horrified to Bernanos and the bright sun of joy Montse, for whom the arrival in the Catalan city in the hands of libertarian militias was the biggest thrill of his life. The need also for the author to revive this year 36 and this surge of libertarian revolts which nauront no other equivalent in Europe and that will be brutally repressed.

If the voice of Bernanos is heard, it must be admitted that Lydia Salvayre focuses primarily that of Montse, for our delight. A vibrant, soulful voice, a voice that SexEducator in a wobbly French, the mother mistreats and cripples the interposition of Spanish words and French words abused. The voice of Montse, also abusing dirty words since her illness, as if she could finally break free of social censure, is undoubtedly the best tribute ever dune girl to her mother, who also makes us the endearing quinoubliable . A story carried by a living also revolted pen quironique for it is better laugh quen cry, even if

One downside, some phrases or slogans written in Spanish, to keep any impact and intensity, are unfortunately not translated footer by the publishing house. But do not be discouraged, however, because it would be a shame to miss out on all the verve of Montse.