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L'Étoffe de l'univers
"Un livre n'est que le portrait du coeur, chaque page une pulsation", écrit Emily Dickinson. À cela Andrée Chedid ajoute qu'un livre est aussi la soif d'un ailleurs, une salve d'avenir. Dans L'étoffe de l'univers, la poétesse née au Caire remonte aux origines de sa vie, explore à travers de courts poèmes le mystère du passage sur terre, la beauté et la force, mais aussi la fragilité, surtout quand l'aventure est malmenée par la vieillesse, la mort qui rôde. En revenant à saint Augustin et Shakespeare, Rilke ou encore Dylan Thomas, Andrée Chedid éclaire sa propre écriture. Sans qu'aucune certitude ne tienne le haut du pavé, elle précise : "Ne vous méprenez pas/ Je ne suis que de passage/ Un être fictif sur un trajet/ Sans itinéraire/ Je pousse des portes/ Qui s'ouvrent/ Sur la vie/ Et d'autres portes/ Qui mènent je ne sais où".
160 pages, Paperback
First published September 1, 2010
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Andrée Chedid
134 books69 followersAndrée Chedid was a French poet and novelist of Christian Lebanese descent.
When she was ten, she was sent to a boarding school, where she learned English and French. At fourteen, she left for Europe. She then returned to Cairo to go to an American university. Her dream was to become a dancer. She got married to a physician when she was twenty-two, with whom she has two children: Louis Chedid, now a famous French singer, and Michèle. Her work questions human condition and what links the individual to the world. Her writing seeks to evoke the Orient, but she focuses more in denouncing the civil war that destroys Lebanon. She has lived in France since 1946. Because of this diverse background, her work is truly multicultural. Her first book was written in English: On the Trails of my Fancy. She has commented about her work that it is an eternal quest for humanity.
Andrée Chedid is the grandmother of the French rock star -M- (Louis Chedid's son) for whom she has contributed song lyrics including that of Bonoboo on the album Je dis aime.
When she was ten, she was sent to a boarding school, where she learned English and French. At fourteen, she left for Europe. She then returned to Cairo to go to an American university. Her dream was to become a dancer. She got married to a physician when she was twenty-two, with whom she has two children: Louis Chedid, now a famous French singer, and Michèle. Her work questions human condition and what links the individual to the world. Her writing seeks to evoke the Orient, but she focuses more in denouncing the civil war that destroys Lebanon. She has lived in France since 1946. Because of this diverse background, her work is truly multicultural. Her first book was written in English: On the Trails of my Fancy. She has commented about her work that it is an eternal quest for humanity.
Andrée Chedid is the grandmother of the French rock star -M- (Louis Chedid's son) for whom she has contributed song lyrics including that of Bonoboo on the album Je dis aime.
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