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Dingo: Octave Mirbeau

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Le chiot du narrateur va lui servir de prisme pour observer, juger ses concitoyens et dresser des tableaux de moeurs de la ville comme de la campagne.

307 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2002

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Octave Mirbeau

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Octave Mirbeau was a French journalist, art critic, travel writer, pamphleteer, novelist, and playwright, who achieved celebrity in Europe and great success among the public, while still appealing to the literary and artistic avant-garde. His work has been translated into thirty languages.

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March 24, 2023
Encore une fois Mirbeau a frappé !
Tout comme le journal d’une femme de chambre ou le jardin des supplices Mirbeau continue sa critique sociale décadente, sa généalogie de la violence.
Cette fois ci c’est à travers les yeux autant humain qu’animal d’un Dingo que se révèle la nature humaine, car après tout l’humain aussi possède ses pulsions primitives, cette hostilité naturelle et cette malice caractériel.
L’animal finalement vaut peut être plus que l’homme lui au moins ne déguise pas ses intentions, il reste honnête et fidèle à lui même.
"A vivre avec les animaux, a les observer journellement, à noter leur volonté, l’individualisme de leurs calculs, de leurs passions et de leurs fantaisies, comment ne sommes-nous pas épouvantés de notre cruauté envers eux ?"
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November 9, 2020
I'm pretty sure this is the book I read when I was about 11 years old. I somehow remember it being more about reincarnation but apparently I got that bit wrong. It has been 43 years after all. What I mostly remember is what a mind-f*** it was. I've been trying to find it for years. With the help of goodreads and wikipedia, I finally have. No if I can only find a copy of it. I'm kind of amazed I found this as a kid in a North Little Rock library. I hope I'm not wrong about it but from the wiki description I'm pretty sure this is the book.
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