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Ce n'est pas un roman. Ce n'est pas un essai. Ce ne sont pas des mémoires. Ce n'est pas non plus une autobiographie puisque l'éditeur, après l'avoir lu, dira que je parle de tout sauf de moi. Réussir à faire une autobiographie sans parler de soi prouverait une discrétion exceptionnelle. Mais comment parler de discrétion à partir du moment où on décide de mettre un livre en librairie? Je serais plutôt tenté de parler d'inventaire si ce mot n'évoquait la liquidation, tant il est vrai que tout y passe, les joies et les déceptions, les éditeurs, les écrivains, les grands patrons, Lazareff, Mauriac, Sagan, Brisson. En vérité ce livre est né d'une panne. Quand on tombe en panne sur la route, c'est extraordinaire ce que les voitures des autres semblent rouler vite, rouler bien sans le moindre pépin...
194 pages, Hardcover
First published January 1, 1988
About the author
Pierre Daninos
138 books5 followersPierre Daninos (26 May 1913, Paris – 7 January 2005, Paris) was a French writer and humorist.
Daninos wrote Les carnets du Major Thompson, which was published in 1954, and was followed by many sequels. The books in the series pretended to be the observations of a retired British officer living in France, and were witty collections of comparisons between French and British society. Daninos is also the author of Un Certain Monsieur Blot, a critique of French middle class taste and habits.
Some of these books were translated into English and published as Major Thompson Lives in France and Discovers the French, Major Thompson and I and Major Thompson Goes French.
Les carnets du Major Thompson was filmed by Preston Sturges in 1955. The film was released in the U.S. under the title The French, They Are a Funny Race.
These works were not praised by everyone, the Guardian's obituary considered that this sort of thing had been done before and sometimes done better, and that Daninos had uncritically repeated instead of critically examining national stereotypes.
Daninos was the brother of the industrialist Jean Daninos, who produced the Facel Vega luxury cars.
Daninos wrote Les carnets du Major Thompson, which was published in 1954, and was followed by many sequels. The books in the series pretended to be the observations of a retired British officer living in France, and were witty collections of comparisons between French and British society. Daninos is also the author of Un Certain Monsieur Blot, a critique of French middle class taste and habits.
Some of these books were translated into English and published as Major Thompson Lives in France and Discovers the French, Major Thompson and I and Major Thompson Goes French.
Les carnets du Major Thompson was filmed by Preston Sturges in 1955. The film was released in the U.S. under the title The French, They Are a Funny Race.
These works were not praised by everyone, the Guardian's obituary considered that this sort of thing had been done before and sometimes done better, and that Daninos had uncritically repeated instead of critically examining national stereotypes.
Daninos was the brother of the industrialist Jean Daninos, who produced the Facel Vega luxury cars.
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