Une Réunion pour le nettoiement

by Jacques Jouet

"Soyez une petite souris dans une réunion de responsables du nettoiement. Vous y entendrez intervenir chacun, en temps réel, dans l'ordre et le plus grand désordre. On manipule, on s'invective, on plaisante grassement et craint l'avenir. On complote et rêve d'exclure, voire d'exterminer. La République va mal. À l'occasion, certaines passions amoureuses n'en traversent pas moins l'ordre du jour, ce qui ne simplifie pas les choses. On parle beaucoup. On parle beaucoup de nettoiement, mais ça reste noir. Le roman est une sonde sortie sur le pas de la porte."

201 pages, Paperback

First published February 1, 2001

About the author

Jacques Jouet is a French writer and has been a participating member of the Oulipo literary project since 1983.

He is a poet, novelist, short story writer, playwright, essayist, and plasticine artist specializing in collages. As a member of l'Oulipo, Jouet became its focus in June 2009 when he began publicly writing a serialized novel in five days. He first became involved with Oulipo in 1978, stemming from a writing course directed by Paul Fournel, Georges Perec, and Jacques Roubaud.

His serial The Republic of Mek Ouyes was broadcasted simultaneously on radio and on the web, through the site of his publisher, P.O.L.

Jouet wrote Poèmes de métro while riding the underground trains of the Paris Métro.