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ELOGE DU REPOS. Apprendre à se reposer - Paul Morand
C'est après l'apparition des " congés payés " que Paul Morand publia cette charge contre les loisirs et les fuites devant soi. Il y prône une liberté vagabonde, gouvernée par la curiosité et la fantaisie.À quoi bon gagner du temps si nous ne savons pas en profiter ? Se reposer est un art.Un "professionnel" du loisir et de la fantaisie vagabonde nous offre cet éloge - nuancé - du repos. pour éviter que le temps gagné ne soit aussitôt perdu, Paul Morand se livre ici à une pédagogie ironique : les vacances et les voyages s'apprennent comme le reste. Cette pratique du farniente n'est pas seulement une question de lois et de congés payés, c'est d'abord avec l'âme qu'elle a affaire.
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First published May 15, 1996
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Paul Morand
172 books55 followersPaul Morand was a French diplomat, novelist, playwright and poet, considered an early Modernist.
He was a graduate of the Paris Institute of Political Studies (better known as Sciences Po). During the pre-war period, he wrote many short books which are noted for their elegance of style, erudition, narrative concision, and for the author's observation of the countries he visited combined with his middle-class views.
Morand's reputation has been marred by his stance during the Second World War, when he collaborated with the Vichy regime and was a vocal anti-Semite. When the Second World War ended, Morand served as an ambassador in Bern, but his position was revoked and he lived in exile in Switzerland.
Post-war, he was a patron of the Hussards literary movement, which opposed Existentialism. Morand went on to become a member of the Académie française; his candidature was initially rejected by Charles de Gaulle, the only instance of a President ever exercising his right to veto electees to the academy. Morand was finally elected ten years later, though he still had to forgo the official investiture).
Paul Morand was a friend of Marcel Proust and has left valuable observations about him.
He was a graduate of the Paris Institute of Political Studies (better known as Sciences Po). During the pre-war period, he wrote many short books which are noted for their elegance of style, erudition, narrative concision, and for the author's observation of the countries he visited combined with his middle-class views.
Morand's reputation has been marred by his stance during the Second World War, when he collaborated with the Vichy regime and was a vocal anti-Semite. When the Second World War ended, Morand served as an ambassador in Bern, but his position was revoked and he lived in exile in Switzerland.
Post-war, he was a patron of the Hussards literary movement, which opposed Existentialism. Morand went on to become a member of the Académie française; his candidature was initially rejected by Charles de Gaulle, the only instance of a President ever exercising his right to veto electees to the academy. Morand was finally elected ten years later, though he still had to forgo the official investiture).
Paul Morand was a friend of Marcel Proust and has left valuable observations about him.
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October 16, 2017
"Viaggiare è chiedere in un colpo solo alla distanza quello che il tempo non potrebbe darci se non a poco a poco." (p. 42)
"Il vero riposo proviene da noi stessi." (p. 97)
"Il vero riposo proviene da noi stessi." (p. 97)
March 16, 2019
Les chapitres sur la foret, et le voyage sont interessants. Le reste, il vaut mieux le lire avec avec un regard depourvue d'anachronisme.
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