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LA Cuestion Humana (Narrativa)

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Singulière mission que celle confiée à Simon, psychologue d'entreprise : enquêter discrètement sur la santé mentale de Mathias Jüst, directeur général de la SC Farb, une multinationale d'origine allemande. Simple manoeuvre de déstabilisation organisée par un rival ? Entraîné dans l'intimité et la confidence de l'homme qu'il doit observer, Simon va découvrir des enjeux bien plus redoutables. Par-delà la violence feutrée de la grande entreprise - licenciements collectifs, stages de « motivation » où l'on fait appel à toutes les ressources de l'agressivité et de la peur -, apparaît bientôt en filigrane la hantise d'autres atrocités : celles que dissimulait sous le même langage abstrait, technocratique, l'organisation du génocide au temps du Reich. Telle est la question - la question humaine - que pose ce récit troublant, implacable et sobre, salué par la critique comme un livre exceptionnel.

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First published January 1, 2000

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September 20, 2007
Picked this up because I wanted to read it before seeing the movie, and was happy to see it's a short one - a novella, by North American standards. It's really to-the-point, and his dry, stark writing really contributes well (according to moi) to the portrayal of the assembly-line methods of the Nazis and how overly pragmatic (read: ruthless) Big Corporate can be. Will continue to be timely as long as there are wars. I wouldn't classify it as a psychological 'thriller,' but I did miss a couple of métro stops and took an extended lunch because of it. Am interested to see how they have treated it for film: there isn't too much dialogue to speak of. In any case, it gave me the shivers.
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November 30, 2013
Outch. Pour comprendre ce qu'est la gestion des ressources humaines. Très fort.
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