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Robert Laffont
EAN : 9782221195789
Shaping : BROCHE
Pages : 160
Size : 118 x 188 mm
Consolation Letter to a Writer Friend

Release date : 15/09/2016
A manifesto for an ambitious breed of French literature.
This letter is addressed to a friend who, disappointed after not receiving any criticism or readers for a magnificent novel, decided to renounce writing. The letter could simply flatter the friend and accuse the editors, the media, and the public. But it aims at something else: to understand and be... This letter is addressed to a friend who, disappointed after not receiving any criticism or readers for a magnificent novel, decided to renounce writing. The letter could simply flatter the friend and accuse the editors, the media, and the public. But it aims at something else: to understand and be understood. It tries to explain why a powerful work remains confined to obscurity, while mediocre texts achieve great success. It wants to enlighten the friend on the stakes posed by the demands of literature, and convince him to not renounce it in spite of the obstacles, the deception, and the disappointments that will confront anyone who will always seek, with persistence, to write authentically.
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EAN : 9782221195789
Shaping : BROCHE
Pages : 160
Size : 118 x 188 mm
Robert Laffont