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Maudits Sauvages: Le Royaume du Nord - tome 6
Arrivé au terme de sa longue traversée du Royaume du Nord, Bernard Clavel, la nostalgie au coeur, reprend son chemin, une dernière fois dans ces immensités blanches où hurle un vent à nul autre pareil.Le « Nordet » souffle sur ses pages qui chantent en forme d'apothéose et de chute, l'esprit des indiens Wabamahigans, leur résistance face aux bâtisseurs de la Baie James et leur lente agonie sur la terre où les avait menés la légendaire Tiska à la poursuite d'un loup blanc. Seule la mort évitera au chef Mestakoshi de voir, de sa tente traditionnelle, son fils et son arrière-petit-fils parmi les Indiens alignés devant le magasin général déchirant à longueur de jour des billets de bingo.Bernard Clavel nous dévoile l'envers d'une épopée. Avec passion, sans manichéisme. Il nous montre du point de vue de ceux qu'on appelait « les maudits sauvages » un des drames les plus poignants des temps modernes : la disparition d'un monde, d'un peuple sous les coups de boutoir de la civilisation.Jamais il ne fut plus inspiré, plus attachant, plus fort.
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Published July 1, 2015
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Bernard Clavel
173 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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