Jump to ratings and reviews
Rate this book

Fardo

Rate this book
Deuxième texte publié en coédition avec le musée des Confluences (à Lyon). Ananda Devi a été interpellée par une momie de femme péruvienne. Elle imagine la trajectoire de cette femme qui a beau avoir vécu à l'autre bout du monde il y a des siècles, elle lui semble extrêmement proche. À partir de cet "objet" troublant et terriblement humain, elle réfléchit à sa propre vie, aux impasses qu'elle peut rencontrer dans son écriture, à la condition des femmes en général et au pouvoir de l'art. Un texte bouleversant.

64 pages, Paperback

Published October 7, 2020

4 people want to read

About the author

Ananda Devi

54 books112 followers
Ananda Devi is a Mauritian writer. Her novel, Eve de ses décombres, won the Prix des cinq continents de la Francophonie in 2006, as well as several other prizes. It was adapted for the cinema by Sharvan Anenden and Harrikrisna Anenden. In 2007, Devi received the Certificat d'Honneur Maurice Cagnon du Conseil International d'Études Francophones.[1] She has since won other literary prizes, including the Prix du Rayonnement de la langue et de la littérature française of the Académie française. During 2010 she was bestowed with Chevalier des Arts et des Lettres by the French Government.

Ratings & Reviews

What do you think?
Rate this book

Friends & Following

Create a free account to discover what your friends think of this book!

Community Reviews

5 stars
1 (16%)
4 stars
3 (50%)
3 stars
2 (33%)
2 stars
0 (0%)
1 star
0 (0%)
Displaying 1 - 2 of 2 reviews
Profile Image for James F.
1,717 reviews128 followers
July 1, 2025
Le Musée des Confluences de Lyon has a project which commissions writers to produce literary works inspired by items in its collection. Ananda Devi’s Fardo is a series of meditations on death and funeral customs, and the fragility of human cultures, including our own, based on two items involving human remains, a woman buried in the Caucasus region of Russia sometime between 967 and 813 BCE, and the mummy of a woman weaver from Peru dating from sometime between 900 and 1470 CE. The book is a good short read, interesting and written in very poetic language, with quotations from Coetzee, Camus and René Char, but not as powerful as her fiction.
Profile Image for Victoria Arroyo.
Author 3 books8 followers
February 2, 2022
Un récit intéressant et inspirant sur le lien entre art et société et sur comment l’autrice a perçu sa visite au musée des confluences et sa rencontre avec deux femmes exposées au musée
Displaying 1 - 2 of 2 reviews