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Alta Rocca
« Une ode sanglante à l'Île de Beauté. » La Provence 1851. À l'heure où en Corse règne encore le système des vendettas et du code d'honneur, certains habitants peinent à se mettre à l'heure française. Deux frères de l'Alta Rocca, derniers hommes de la lignée déclinante des Manghjá Orso, se voient forcés de fuir leur village. Traqués, l'aîné prend le maquis, le cadet, lui, quitte l'île et part sur les traces de leur père, vers les États-Unis d'Amérique. Vingt ans passeront avant que leurs destins ne se rejoignent. Prix Albert-Londres en 2014 pour ses articles ‘Quartiers shit’ parus dans La Marseillaise , Philippe Pujol, quarante-quatre ans, a signé en 2016 La Fabrique du monstre aux Arènes (Points 2016), succès critique et public. La Chute du monstre (Seuil 2019) en est la suite. La qualité de ses enquêtes sur le terrain fruit de longues immersions l’ont imposé comme l’un des voix les plus passionnantes du reportage. Alta Rocca est son premier roman.
288 pages, Pocket Book
Published July 1, 2021
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July 28, 2021
Atmospheric and suitably bloody 'Western' in mid 19th century Corsica. Strong on scenery and social mores (which I didn't know much about beyond the idea of the vendetta). Lots of shootin' and fightin' and pretty entertaining at a general level.
Where I struggled was piecing it all together - probably not following closely enough to satisfying work out why Orso and his brother weren't killed in the first place; what bearing being born of the witch had on things; how Rocco and assorted fellow bandits fitted in and...what it all amounted too. A similar reaction I get, in fact, when I watch movies and am so often left wondering 'Hang on - b ut why didn't he just shoot him?'. I dunno.
Good, adventure story setting and dynamics. But the dynastic stuff seems to have gone over my head. Must focus more.
Where I struggled was piecing it all together - probably not following closely enough to satisfying work out why Orso and his brother weren't killed in the first place; what bearing being born of the witch had on things; how Rocco and assorted fellow bandits fitted in and...what it all amounted too. A similar reaction I get, in fact, when I watch movies and am so often left wondering 'Hang on - b ut why didn't he just shoot him?'. I dunno.
Good, adventure story setting and dynamics. But the dynastic stuff seems to have gone over my head. Must focus more.
May 7, 2025
je n'ai pas réussi à le lire ...je n'apprécie pas l'histoire
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