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Un démocrate : Mick Jagger 1960-1969
"La vérité, c'est que Mick Jagger est né en 1960 et mort en 1969. Né au printemps 1960, et mort le 6 décembre 1969. C'est précis, c'est daté, c'est du document, ça se vérifie dans mes registres. Vous ne le saviez pas, moi je le sais. Sur Mick Jagger je sais tout. Rien lu rien étudié, compulsé nulle archive, dépoussiéré nul cadastre, déterré nulle relique, je sais tout. Et d'abord ceci : qu'il est né en 1960 et mort en 1969. Et je dirai comment".
François Bégaudeau nous conduit de la naissance des Stones à leur mort, un jour de 1969 où Mick Jagger, qui appartenait tout entier à la foule, décida de ne plus offrir de lui-même qu'une rock star opportuniste. Amenée à la manière des tragédies grecques, annoncée dès le départ, la "mort" de Mick Jagger interpelle le lecteur lui rappelant ses plus intimes trahisons, résonnant comme la fin d'une époque.
François Bégaudeau nous conduit de la naissance des Stones à leur mort, un jour de 1969 où Mick Jagger, qui appartenait tout entier à la foule, décida de ne plus offrir de lui-même qu'une rock star opportuniste. Amenée à la manière des tragédies grecques, annoncée dès le départ, la "mort" de Mick Jagger interpelle le lecteur lui rappelant ses plus intimes trahisons, résonnant comme la fin d'une époque.
128 pages, Mass Market Paperback
First published March 3, 2005
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François Bégaudeau
75 books78 followersHe was born in Luçon, Vendée and was first a member of the 1990s punk rock group Zabriskie Pont. After receiving his degree in Literature, he taught high school in Dreux and in an inner city middle school in Paris. He published his first novel, Jouer juste in 2003. In 2005, he published Dans la diagonale and Un démocrate, Mick Jagger 1960-1969, a fictionalized account of the life of Mick Jagger.
In 2006, his third novel entitled Entre les murs earned him the Prix France Culture/Télérama.
François Bégaudeau is a movie critic for the French version of Playboy, having previously worked for the Cahiers du cinéma. He also was a regular contributor for several French magazines, including Inculte, Transfuge and So Foot. Since September 2006, he is a columnist for La Matinale and Le Cercle on Canal+ television.
He worked on the screenplay of Entre les murs, a film based on his 2006 novel, in collaboration with Laurent Cantet. He also starred in the film, which received the Palme d'Or at the 2008 Cannes Film Festival, and an Academy Award nomination for Best Foreign Language Film in 2009 (though it lost to Japan's Departures). The English language version of Entre les murs was published in April 2009 by Seven Stories Press under the title The Class.
In 2006, his third novel entitled Entre les murs earned him the Prix France Culture/Télérama.
François Bégaudeau is a movie critic for the French version of Playboy, having previously worked for the Cahiers du cinéma. He also was a regular contributor for several French magazines, including Inculte, Transfuge and So Foot. Since September 2006, he is a columnist for La Matinale and Le Cercle on Canal+ television.
He worked on the screenplay of Entre les murs, a film based on his 2006 novel, in collaboration with Laurent Cantet. He also starred in the film, which received the Palme d'Or at the 2008 Cannes Film Festival, and an Academy Award nomination for Best Foreign Language Film in 2009 (though it lost to Japan's Departures). The English language version of Entre les murs was published in April 2009 by Seven Stories Press under the title The Class.
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