Surfer la nuit

by Fiona Capp, Marc de Gouvenain (Translator)

L'Australie, ses plages de dunes tout au sud de Melbourne.
Face à l'océan, à ses vagues énormes venues de l'Antarctique, Jake ne vit que pour l'instant où sa planche vacille, se cabre puis se calme. L'instant où son corps s'ouvre à la mer. Hannah est là pour ça elle aussi : elle a quitté Melbourne et l'université pour apprendre à surfer, pour découvrir la violence du courant et le danger si difficile à maîtriser. Leur histoire d'amour sera éphémère ; muré dans ses silences, Jake n'a qu'un désir : surfer la nuit. Chevaucher une vague gigantesque, s'enfoncer dans l'obscurité... Surfer la nuit décrit un univers de solitudes et d'errances, de personnages échoués dans des paysages sublimes et lancinants. Gouffre ou matrice, l'océan s'ouvre et se referme, effrayant, monstrueux, et cette vision donne au surf une dimension métaphysique, bien loin de toute imagerie californienne.

Genres: Australia

207 pages, Paperback

First published November 1, 2000

About the author

Fiona Capp is the internationally published author of three works of non-fiction, including That Oceanic Feeling, a memoir about her love for the sea and surfing. She is also the author of four novels: NIGHT SURFING, LAST OF THE SANE DAYS and MUSK & BYRNE and GOTLAND published in JULY 2013.

Reviews

[Jan · Rating 4 out of 5]

What a strange book.

There is nothing really unusual in the actual storyline but there doesnt seem to be one character who isnt unhappy with their life.

The ending is left fairly open and you arent quite certain what happens to Luke, but as he really wasnt very likeable, its hard to care very much either way.

[Sarah Campbell · Rating 3 out of 5]

Disjointed momentum and simple character development and dialogue. Many times I had to reread pages as I thought, have I missed something? More effort in descriptive language setting the scenes and depicting the main protagonist being the beach. Which I enjoyed. An easy afternoon read to be fair, this book doesn’t demand much from you.
A young reader might appreciate this book more.

[Rebecca Goldthorpe · Rating 4 out of 5]

I really enjoyed this gentle read. It's beautifully written and the characters are few and well-rounded. I shall look out for more by Fiona Capp.

[Teeya · Rating 3 out of 5]

Kind of no plot just vibes, but I still really enjoyed it. Was going for 4 stars but the ending just seems predictable and boring compared to the rest of it