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Le royaume du nord #3
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Au Canada, comme aux États-Unis, la Grande Dépression de 1929 jette sur les routes des milliers de chômeurs. Pour prévenir les émeutes populaires dans les grandes villes, l'État livre en pâture le Royaume du Nord aux plus pauvres. Ces colons faméliques arrivent alors en Abitibi. Bercés de discours trompeurs, ils ignorent qu'il leur faudra conquérir cette terre qu'ils croyaient offerte, défricher d'impénétrables forêts, se battre contre la neige et le froid, et surtout contre eux-mêmes.
"Miserere", c'est l'histoire de ces hommes et de ces femmes animés d'une folle espérance qui vont réussir l'impossible : vivre et garder leur dignité au milieu d'une nature inhumaine.
"Miserere", c'est l'histoire de ces hommes et de ces femmes animés d'une folle espérance qui vont réussir l'impossible : vivre et garder leur dignité au milieu d'une nature inhumaine.
291 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 1985
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Bernard Clavel
172 books21 followersBernard Charles Henri Clavel (May 29, 1923 – October 5, 2010 was a French writer.
Clavel was born in Lons-le-Saunier. From a humble background, he was largely self-educated. He began working as a pastry cook apprentice when he was 14 years old. He later had several jobs until he began working as a journalist in the 1950s. After the war, he worked for the social insurance, and he could not dedicate himself to literature until 1964. He has lived and worked in many places and lived in Savoy until his death.
His first novel was L'Ouvrier de la nuit (Night Worker, 1956). He later published works for young people and numerous novels, at times organised into series: La grande patience (The Great Patience, 4 volumes — 1962–1968), Les Colonnes du ciel (Heaven's Pillars, 5 volumes — 1976–1981), or Le Royaume du nord (Northern Kingdom, 6 volumes — 1983–1989).[2]
In his writings, he employed simple language and attached importance to humble characters and to the defence of humanist values by questioning violence and war.
He died in Grenoble.
Clavel was born in Lons-le-Saunier. From a humble background, he was largely self-educated. He began working as a pastry cook apprentice when he was 14 years old. He later had several jobs until he began working as a journalist in the 1950s. After the war, he worked for the social insurance, and he could not dedicate himself to literature until 1964. He has lived and worked in many places and lived in Savoy until his death.
His first novel was L'Ouvrier de la nuit (Night Worker, 1956). He later published works for young people and numerous novels, at times organised into series: La grande patience (The Great Patience, 4 volumes — 1962–1968), Les Colonnes du ciel (Heaven's Pillars, 5 volumes — 1976–1981), or Le Royaume du nord (Northern Kingdom, 6 volumes — 1983–1989).[2]
In his writings, he employed simple language and attached importance to humble characters and to the defence of humanist values by questioning violence and war.
He died in Grenoble.
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August 24, 2022
Belle continuité dans l'œuvre du Nord
December 10, 2019
Un excellent 3e tome de la série Le Royaume du Nord. Le récit concerne cette fois les colons venus en nombre commencer une nouvelle vie sur un lot de terre toujours plus au Nord, des familles réduites à la misère par la crise de 1929. On y croise des personnages courageux, attachants, qui font face comme ils le peuvent à l’adversité, même si toujours, la nature les rattrape et est plus forte. Le tout avec une plume belle et sincère.
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