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La musique de la pluie et autres nouvelles
Un musicien prodige qui ne joue qu'avec le gros orteil, sur un piano rigoureusement désaccordé, les œuvres de grands compositeurs inspirés par le thème de l'eau ; une femme qui se transforme en chien ; une statue équestre vengeresse ; une jeune voyante en lutte avec ses rêves prémonitoires... Naviguant à la frontière devenue incertaine entre le rêve et la réalité, les personnages de Silivna Ocampo font surgir un monde de visions insolites et cocasses.
105 pages, Mass Market Paperback
First published January 12, 2014
About the author
Silvina Ocampo
143 books561 followersSilvina Ocampo Aguirre was a poet and short-fiction writer.
Ocampo was the youngest of the six children of Manuel Ocampo and Ramona Aguirre. One of her sisters was Victoria Ocampo, the publisher of the literarily important Argentine magazine Sur.
Silvina was educated at home by tutors, and later studied drawing in Paris under Giorgio de Chirico. She was married to Adolfo Bioy Casares, whose lover she became (1933) when Bioy was 19. They were married in 1940. In 1954 she adopted Bioy’s daughter with another woman, Marta Bioy Ocampo (1954-94) who was killed in an automobile accident just three weeks after Silvina Ocampo’s death.
Ocampo was the youngest of the six children of Manuel Ocampo and Ramona Aguirre. One of her sisters was Victoria Ocampo, the publisher of the literarily important Argentine magazine Sur.
Silvina was educated at home by tutors, and later studied drawing in Paris under Giorgio de Chirico. She was married to Adolfo Bioy Casares, whose lover she became (1933) when Bioy was 19. They were married in 1940. In 1954 she adopted Bioy’s daughter with another woman, Marta Bioy Ocampo (1954-94) who was killed in an automobile accident just three weeks after Silvina Ocampo’s death.
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January 26, 2024
Bon je rédige mon commentaire en anglais par habitude mais mon verdict en français: court mais intense comme un rêve fiévreux. La traduction de l’espagnol au français était un peu laborieuse par contre. Je crois que j’aurais préféré lire la version originale.
It was a short read but it was quite intense. Surrealist short novels always feel like fever dreams. My favorite stories were the ones about the teenage psychic, the guy who played piano with his feet and the last story (that was basically a cautionary tale about toxic masculinity).
It was a short read but it was quite intense. Surrealist short novels always feel like fever dreams. My favorite stories were the ones about the teenage psychic, the guy who played piano with his feet and the last story (that was basically a cautionary tale about toxic masculinity).
July 30, 2024
(2,5/5) assez déçue par rapport à mes souvenirs de lecture d'autres nouvelles de Silvina Ocampo mais on va dire que c'est folio qui a mal fait la sélection 🫶 vivement que plus de ses œuvres soient (re)publiées en français!!!
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