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Le Silence
Six personnages ne peuvent poursuivre un dialogue normal à cause du silence d'un septième. L'existence de vide au coeur de l'échange traditionnel fait naître une spirale infernale où chacun est entraîné jusqu'à la destruction de toute vérité, de tout langage. Mais cette cantate à six voix en contient pourtant une septième, celle de l'humour.
96 pages, Mass Market Paperback
First published March 1, 1993
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Nathalie Sarraute
76 books231 followersNathalie Sarraute (July 18, 1900 in Ivanovo, Russia – October 19, 1999 in Paris, France) was a lawyer and a French writer of Russian-Jewish origin.
Sarraute was born Natalia/Natacha Tcherniak in Ivanovo (then known as Ivanovo-Voznesensk), 300 km north-east of Moscow in 1900 (although she frequently referred to the year of her birth as 1902, a date still cited in select reference works), and, following the divorce of her parents, spent her childhood shuttled between France and Russia. In 1909 she moved to Paris with her father. Sarraute studied law and literature at the prestigious Sorbonne, having a particular fondness for 20th century literature and the works of Marcel Proust and Virginia Woolf, who greatly affected her conception of the novel, then later studied history at Oxford and sociology in Berlin, before passing the French bar exam (1926-1941) and becoming a lawyer.
In 1925, she married Raymond Sarraute, a fellow lawyer, with whom she would have three daughters. In 1932 she wrote her first book, Tropismes, a series of brief sketches and memories that set the tone for her entire oeuvre. The novel was first published in 1939, although the impact of World War II stunted its popularity. In 1941, Sarraute, who was Jewish, was released from her work as a lawyer as a result of Nazi law. During this time, she went into hiding and made arrangements to divorce her husband in an effort to protect him (although they would eventually stay together).
Nathalie Sarraute dies when she was ninety-nine years old. Her daughter, the journalist Claude Sarraute, was married to French Academician Jean-François Revel.
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Sarraute was born Natalia/Natacha Tcherniak in Ivanovo (then known as Ivanovo-Voznesensk), 300 km north-east of Moscow in 1900 (although she frequently referred to the year of her birth as 1902, a date still cited in select reference works), and, following the divorce of her parents, spent her childhood shuttled between France and Russia. In 1909 she moved to Paris with her father. Sarraute studied law and literature at the prestigious Sorbonne, having a particular fondness for 20th century literature and the works of Marcel Proust and Virginia Woolf, who greatly affected her conception of the novel, then later studied history at Oxford and sociology in Berlin, before passing the French bar exam (1926-1941) and becoming a lawyer.
In 1925, she married Raymond Sarraute, a fellow lawyer, with whom she would have three daughters. In 1932 she wrote her first book, Tropismes, a series of brief sketches and memories that set the tone for her entire oeuvre. The novel was first published in 1939, although the impact of World War II stunted its popularity. In 1941, Sarraute, who was Jewish, was released from her work as a lawyer as a result of Nazi law. During this time, she went into hiding and made arrangements to divorce her husband in an effort to protect him (although they would eventually stay together).
Nathalie Sarraute dies when she was ninety-nine years old. Her daughter, the journalist Claude Sarraute, was married to French Academician Jean-François Revel.
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October 10, 2022
utile pour la dissertation en théâtre mais ca ne m'a pas touché. Enfin y a 22 pages on dirait je l'ai lu en 30min BON
March 26, 2024
Intéressant!
January 14, 2025
La mia vita è un pendolo che oscilla tra H1 e Jean-Pierre
November 2, 2023
La seule chose que cette lecture m’a apporté c’est la confirmation de ma constance : j’abhorrai déjà le Nouveau Roman, je déteste désormais également le Nouveau Théâtre. Non, ce style littéraire n’est pas une géniale nouveauté trop en avance sur son temps qui révèle la métaphysique des sentiments. J’y suis aussi réfractaire qu’à l’essence de l’art « moderne » telle que définie par Paul Klee. J’attribue une deuxième étoile uniquement car pour du théâtre radiophonique, on peut y voir une forme d’expérimentation tout juste moins fade que dans les romans de Marguerite Duras pour ne citer qu’elle.
July 17, 2022
La leeré de nuevo pronto. Me ha fascinado por completo. Se lee de una sentada y creo que es de las últimas grandes innovaciones de la literatura moderna. Una auténtica genialidad de la que uno no se puede despegar.
March 27, 2025
J’ai rien compris
June 8, 2025
Il y a plus de blancs que de mots
September 26, 2023
Ils ne se taisent pas vraiment mais c'était super
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