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Alma: L'enchanteuse
496 pages
Published June 18, 2026
About the author
Timothée de Fombelle
55 books445 followersAs a child...
Timothee de Fombelle was born in the heart of Paris in 1973, but often accompanied his architect father on his travels to Africa. Each summer his family left for the countryside (the west of France), where the five brothers and sisters lived like wild horses, making huts in the trees, playing in the river and losing themselves in the woods. In the evening they performed plays for their parents and devoured the books in the library. Childhood remains for him the lost paradise which he re-discovers through writing.
As an adult...
After becoming a literature teacher, Timothee taught in Paris and Vietnam before choosing the bohemian life of the theatre. Author of a dozen plays, he writes, designs, builds sets and directs the actress he admires the most, his wife Laetitia. They have a young daughter, Jeanne Elisha, who already loves climbing trees. Toby Alone is his first novel and has already been translated into 22 languages.
As an artist...
Passionate about books and theatre, Timothee has been writing since he was young. The stage has been his testing ground but it is life, with its joys and trials, which inspires his real work. A great traveller, Timothee recognises that the writing of Toby Alone has been his best journey so far.
Timothee de Fombelle was born in the heart of Paris in 1973, but often accompanied his architect father on his travels to Africa. Each summer his family left for the countryside (the west of France), where the five brothers and sisters lived like wild horses, making huts in the trees, playing in the river and losing themselves in the woods. In the evening they performed plays for their parents and devoured the books in the library. Childhood remains for him the lost paradise which he re-discovers through writing.
As an adult...
After becoming a literature teacher, Timothee taught in Paris and Vietnam before choosing the bohemian life of the theatre. Author of a dozen plays, he writes, designs, builds sets and directs the actress he admires the most, his wife Laetitia. They have a young daughter, Jeanne Elisha, who already loves climbing trees. Toby Alone is his first novel and has already been translated into 22 languages.
As an artist...
Passionate about books and theatre, Timothee has been writing since he was young. The stage has been his testing ground but it is life, with its joys and trials, which inspires his real work. A great traveller, Timothee recognises that the writing of Toby Alone has been his best journey so far.
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August 15, 2026
Dans ce second tome, Alma est toujours à la recherche de son petit frère et Joseph de l'or à bord du bateau d'Amélie Bassac.
Je suis toujours aussi sceptique face à ce livre par rapport au premier tome. Autant je trouve l'écriture de Timothée de Fombelle et les illustrations de François Place très belles et poétiques et immersives. Autant, la quantité de personnages qui ont chacun un but bien précis et une histoire atypiques ne m'ont pas du tout aidé dans ma lecture. De plus, certains passages tirent vraiment trop en longueur et des personnages qu'on a vu dans le premier tome sont absent de celui ci. Ce qui est dommage je trouve.
Les situations où Alma est très proche de son frère sans le savoir sont fréquentes et finissent par être lassant et par manqué de suspense à l'histoire.
Par contre, il faut reconnaître le travail de recherche qu'a fait l'auteur. On ressent bien ce qu'il a voulu nous transmettre : les conditions de vie pour les Noirs et les esclaves au XVIII ème siècle. Surtout qu'il fait intervenir nombres de personnages qui ont réellement exister dans la réalité à cette époque là.
Je suis toujours aussi sceptique face à ce livre par rapport au premier tome. Autant je trouve l'écriture de Timothée de Fombelle et les illustrations de François Place très belles et poétiques et immersives. Autant, la quantité de personnages qui ont chacun un but bien précis et une histoire atypiques ne m'ont pas du tout aidé dans ma lecture. De plus, certains passages tirent vraiment trop en longueur et des personnages qu'on a vu dans le premier tome sont absent de celui ci. Ce qui est dommage je trouve.
Les situations où Alma est très proche de son frère sans le savoir sont fréquentes et finissent par être lassant et par manqué de suspense à l'histoire.
Par contre, il faut reconnaître le travail de recherche qu'a fait l'auteur. On ressent bien ce qu'il a voulu nous transmettre : les conditions de vie pour les Noirs et les esclaves au XVIII ème siècle. Surtout qu'il fait intervenir nombres de personnages qui ont réellement exister dans la réalité à cette époque là.
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