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Le moindre mal
Isabelle est infirmière au service de chirurgie du centre hospitalier de Figeac, après des débuts dans des hôpitaux d’Ile-de-France. Au plus près du geste médical, François Bégaudeau fait le portrait d’une femme animée par la passion du soin. Isabelle est affectée par la mutation profonde que connaît l’institution médicale – restructuration, multiplication des actes, compression du personnel. Sa solitude face aux malades s'accroît. Mais son besoin de les soulager reste inébranlable.François Bégaudeau publie des romans aux Éditions Verticales, dont Entre les murs, La Blessure la vraie, Deux singes ou ma vie politique. Il est aussi l’auteur de pièces de théâtre ( Le Problème, Un deux un deux, Non-réconciliés ). Son dernier livre est un abécédaire, D’Âne à Zèbre, paru chez Grasset. Site officiel : bégaudeau.info
80 pages, Kindle Edition
First published September 1, 2014
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François Bégaudeau
72 books81 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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December 28, 2014
Un livre court et percutant qui donne à voir, entendre, et sentir le quotidien d'une infirmière, Isabelle, au travers de sa famille, ses collègues, ses combats. Très bien écrit (j'ai aussi beaucoup aimé "Entre les murs" du même auteur).
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