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Juke-Box
Insérez une pièce. Sélectionnez un titre. Réglez le volume. C'est parti.
La mémoire est un juke-box. Parfois, c'est une mélodie, parfois une voix, ou même simplement le nom d'une chanson : et le souvenir revient, dansant, précis... Des vacances familiales ou un chagrin d'amour, un instant de pur bonheur, un drame ou un voyage. Le Lundi au soleil , Le Sud , La Bombe humaine ou Macumba ... Tant et tant de tubes qui émaillent la bande originale de la vie de Yoann.
Insérez une pièce... Et tendez bien l'oreille.
" Tendresse, capacité d'émerveillement, sens du détail, ce Blondel-là est d'une force altière. " Sébastien Le Fol – Le Figaro Magazine
La mémoire est un juke-box. Parfois, c'est une mélodie, parfois une voix, ou même simplement le nom d'une chanson : et le souvenir revient, dansant, précis... Des vacances familiales ou un chagrin d'amour, un instant de pur bonheur, un drame ou un voyage. Le Lundi au soleil , Le Sud , La Bombe humaine ou Macumba ... Tant et tant de tubes qui émaillent la bande originale de la vie de Yoann.
Insérez une pièce... Et tendez bien l'oreille.
" Tendresse, capacité d'émerveillement, sens du détail, ce Blondel-là est d'une force altière. " Sébastien Le Fol – Le Figaro Magazine
211 pages
First published August 8, 2004
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About the author
Jean-Philippe Blondel
40 books82 followersJean-Philippe Blondel was born in Troyes, France, in 1964. His mother was a schoolteacher and his father worked for the National Railways. Jean-Philippe still lives in Troyes today after attending university in Paris and travelling around the world, including South and Central America, Nepal, India, and most of Europe.
Writing has always been Jean-Philippe’s way of expressing himself. He started writing poems when he was seven, then moved on to short stories as a teen. He wrote his first novel when he was 19. One book that had a profound effect on him as a child was Alice in Wonderland: he tended to identify with the White Rabbit…
Jean-Philippe’s favorite subjects at school were languages: French, English, and Spanish. He remembers telling his parents, at the age of 12, that he wanted to be an English teacher, which he’s been for the last 20 years in a high school.
Since no one in his family was particularly interested in literature, Jean-Philippe often wonders how reading and writing took on so much importance in his life—and at such an early age. However, books became his life-support when, at the age of 17, he lost his mother and brother in a car crash, and his father in another crash four years later.
His novels—for adults, young adults, or teenagers—are always based on everyday life. He writes in the first person because he wants readers to identify closely with the narrator, whom he tries to portray as the person next door. His novella, A Place to Live (2010), takes place in a high school. It is a very special text for him and reading it aloud always evokes strong emotions. He dedicated it to a class which he taught for three years: he had so enjoyed watching his students grow up and evolve that he wanted to offer them something special when they graduated. He read it to them during their last period together, and even now, several years later, thinking about the moment moves him deeply.
Jean-Philippe writes with the earplugs of his MP3 player in. He carefully selects one song before writing, and it becomes the original soundtrack of the novel. He listens to it over and over, sometimes forgetting everything else, including where he is and what he’s doing there. It gives him the opportunity to live two lives at the same time—a fictitious one (because he so identifies with his narrators) and a real-life one. In the latter, he is married to a primary school teacher and has two daughters, aged 8 and 11. His favorite activities are teaching, writing, reading, and rock music. He is working on his eighth novel for adults, which also explores the boundaries between teenagers and “so-called” grown-ups.
Writing has always been Jean-Philippe’s way of expressing himself. He started writing poems when he was seven, then moved on to short stories as a teen. He wrote his first novel when he was 19. One book that had a profound effect on him as a child was Alice in Wonderland: he tended to identify with the White Rabbit…
Jean-Philippe’s favorite subjects at school were languages: French, English, and Spanish. He remembers telling his parents, at the age of 12, that he wanted to be an English teacher, which he’s been for the last 20 years in a high school.
Since no one in his family was particularly interested in literature, Jean-Philippe often wonders how reading and writing took on so much importance in his life—and at such an early age. However, books became his life-support when, at the age of 17, he lost his mother and brother in a car crash, and his father in another crash four years later.
His novels—for adults, young adults, or teenagers—are always based on everyday life. He writes in the first person because he wants readers to identify closely with the narrator, whom he tries to portray as the person next door. His novella, A Place to Live (2010), takes place in a high school. It is a very special text for him and reading it aloud always evokes strong emotions. He dedicated it to a class which he taught for three years: he had so enjoyed watching his students grow up and evolve that he wanted to offer them something special when they graduated. He read it to them during their last period together, and even now, several years later, thinking about the moment moves him deeply.
Jean-Philippe writes with the earplugs of his MP3 player in. He carefully selects one song before writing, and it becomes the original soundtrack of the novel. He listens to it over and over, sometimes forgetting everything else, including where he is and what he’s doing there. It gives him the opportunity to live two lives at the same time—a fictitious one (because he so identifies with his narrators) and a real-life one. In the latter, he is married to a primary school teacher and has two daughters, aged 8 and 11. His favorite activities are teaching, writing, reading, and rock music. He is working on his eighth novel for adults, which also explores the boundaries between teenagers and “so-called” grown-ups.
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November 10, 2016
J'ai d'abord trouvé l'idée absolument fantastique : le fait que notre vie serait rythmée par des musiques qu'il faudrait réécouter pour se souvenir. Je trouve cela magnifique et j'imagine déjà une pièce remplie de CDs, ou de cassettes avec une étiquette : été 1998, juin 2003... on y rentrerait puis on se repasserait notre vie, les bons comme les mauvais moments, au ralenti, en accéléré, etc. Moi, ça me fait rêver. J'ai également beaucoup apprécié le personnage principal de ce roman qu'on suit de 3 à 39 ans. J'ai d’ailleurs trouvé que l'auteur a parfaitement su s'adapter au langage de ces différentes périodes. Dans les premières lignes, c'est un bambin, et c'est vrai qu'il a une syntaxe approximative, il répète, il se trompe, etc.. on le suit ado, et on assiste aux complications de la vie quotidienne.... Puis adulte, le travail, les études, les petites copines, la vie rangée... C'est un roman sans prétention, mais qui, par sa simplicité, nous amène avec lui, nous fait chantonner des chansons qu'on avait oublié. "on écoutait ça!". Même moi, à mes 18 ans, je me suis fait la réflexion. En somme, un très bon roman, pas un coup de cœur cette fois, mais une très belle découverte que je relirai avec plaisir ! Je vous le conseille fortement si, vous aussi, vous voyez la vie en musiques.
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