La question humaine (Littérature Française)

by François Emmanuel

Dans une ville du nord-est de la France, Simon, psychologue affecté au département des ressources humaines d’une multinationale allemande, est chargé par Karl Rose, le directeur adjoint, de dresser le portrait psychologique du directeur de l’entreprise, Mathias Jüst. Au fur et à mesure des entretiens et des rencontres, Simon va plonger inexorablement dans le passé du directeur et de son étrange adjoint. Avec effroi, il va découvrir le lien qui unit ces deux hommes et faire ressurgir du passé les fantômes de l’Allemagne nazie.

104 pages, Kindle Edition

First published January 1, 2000

Reviews

[Ana Paula Bassi · Rating 5 out of 5]

Fantástico!

[Joseba Bonaut · Rating 5 out of 5]

Impresionante narración del horror: nazismo y RRHH

[Carolyn Heinze · Rating 3 out of 5]

Picked this up because I wanted to read it before seeing the movie, and was happy to see it's a short one - a novella, by North American standards. It's really to-the-point, and his dry, stark writing really contributes well (according to moi) to the portrayal of the assembly-line methods of the Nazis and how overly pragmatic (read: ruthless) Big Corporate can be. Will continue to be timely as long as there are wars. I wouldn't classify it as a psychological 'thriller,' but I did miss a couple of métro stops and took an extended lunch because of it. Am interested to see how they have treated it for film: there isn't too much dialogue to speak of. In any case, it gave me the shivers.

[Mo Hua · Rating 5 out of 5]

Outch. Pour comprendre ce qu'est la gestion des ressources humaines. Très fort.