{"id":2304,"date":"2015-05-08T11:22:21","date_gmt":"2015-05-08T09:22:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/edmondmorrel.be\/?p=2304"},"modified":"2020-11-03T11:23:45","modified_gmt":"2020-11-03T10:23:45","slug":"le-songe-dempedocle-de-christopher-gerard","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/edmondmorrel.be\/?p=2304","title":{"rendered":"\u00ab\u00a0Le songe d\u2019Emp\u00e9docle\u00a0\u00bb de Christopher G\u00e9rard"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Christopher G\u00e9rard est un \u00e9crivain intransigeant d\u00e8s qu\u2019il s\u2019agit de style\u00a0: esth\u00e8te exigeant, attach\u00e9 \u00e0 la phrase parfaite ( \u00e0 la mani\u00e8re de Flaubert, il s\u2019impose de la lire \u00e0 voix haute pour en v\u00e9rifier le rythme et la musicalit\u00e9), inspir\u00e9 par les univers qu\u2019il ne cesse de r\u00e9-inventer. Rien de surprenant donc \u00e0 ce qu\u2019il ait remis sur l\u2019\u00e9tabli son premier roman (paru en 2003 et salu\u00e9 d\u00e9j\u00e0 par la critique et un prestigieux prix litt\u00e9raire) pour nous en donner aujourd\u2019hui une version apur\u00e9e, retravaill\u00e9e, cisel\u00e9e gr\u00e2ce aux nouveaux outils que G\u00e9rard s\u2019est forg\u00e9 au fil des livres publi\u00e9s dans l\u2019intervalle. <br>Cette d\u00e9marche, assez rare pour que nous en saluiions l\u2019initiative et le succ\u00e8s, nous donne aujourd\u2019hui le bonheur de relire\u00a0<em>Le songe d\u2019Emp\u00e9docle<\/em>, et de nous laisser \u00e0 nouveau enchanter par ce roman initiatique men\u00e9 tambour battant, qui se lit comme un \u00ab\u00a0thriller\u00a0\u00bb et dont l\u2019histoire plonge ses racines dans l\u2019antiquit\u00e9 polyth\u00e9iste qu\u2019explore un narrateur de notre temps.<br>Ce livre-biblioth\u00e8que est un bonheur \u00e0 vivre et lire toutes affaires cessantes&#8230;<br><strong><br>Edmond Morrel, Saint-Idesbald, le 8 mai 2015<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-spotify wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-spotify wp-embed-aspect-21-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Spotify Embed: &quot;Le songe d\u2019Emp\u00e9docle&quot; de Christopher G\u00e9rard\" width=\"100%\" height=\"232\" allowtransparency=\"true\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"encrypted-media\" src=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/embed-podcast\/episode\/1tqS9jCnyBO44luS31bZwy\"><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Le livre de Christopher G\u00e9rard avait \u00e9t\u00e9 salu\u00e9 lors de sa premi\u00e8re \u00e9dition par un appareil critique \u00e9logieux et le Prix Emma Martin de l\u2019Association des \u00e9crivains belges de langue fran\u00e7aise (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.ecrivainsbelges.be\/index.php?option=com_content&amp;view=article&amp;id=146&amp;Itemid=154\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\">AEB)<\/a>&nbsp;.<br>Ci-dessous, nous vous proposons les liens vers quelques articles parus \u00e0 l\u2019occasion de la r\u00e9\u00e9dition de l\u2019ouvrage, articles dont vous trouverez aussi les r\u00e9f\u00e9rences sur le blog de Christopher G\u00e9rard, blog (<a href=\"http:\/\/archaion.hautetfort.com\/\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\">\u00ab\u00a0Archa\u00efon\u00a0\u00bb<\/a>) qui est aussi un tr\u00e8s pertinent instrument d\u2019exploration de l\u2019actualit\u00e9 \u00e9ditoriale, l\u2019\u00e9crivain est aussi un critique attentif de la litt\u00e9rature contemporaine.<br>Enfin, nous ne serions pas complet si nous ne mentionnions pas le dernier livre d\u2019Anne Richter,&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.avantpropos.eu\/auteur\/anne-richter\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\">\u00ab\u00a0\u00c9tranges et familiers\u00a0\u00bb<\/a>&nbsp;un recueil de 38 portraits d\u2019\u00e9crivains, dans lequel Christopher G\u00e9rard trouve l\u00e9gitimement sa place.<br>Ci-dessous, les liens vers quelques articles particuli\u00e8rement pertinents consacr\u00e9s au roman \u00ab\u00a0Le songe d\u2019Emp\u00e9docle\u00a0\u00bb<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"http:\/\/ecrivainsbelges.be\/index.php?option=com_content&amp;view=article&amp;id=2654&amp;Itemid=175\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Lettre de l\u2019AEB<\/a><br><a href=\"http:\/\/www.francisrichard.net\/2015\/03\/le-songe-d-empedocle-de-christopher-gerard.html\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Le blog de Francis Richard<\/a><br><a href=\"http:\/\/le-carnet-et-les-instants.net\/2015\/03\/03\/491\/\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\">\u00ab\u00a0Le Carnet et les Instants\u00a0\u00bb<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Christopher G\u00e9rard est un \u00e9crivain intransigeant d\u00e8s qu\u2019il s\u2019agit de style\u00a0: esth\u00e8te exigeant, attach\u00e9 \u00e0 la phrase parfaite ( \u00e0&nbsp;[&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2217,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15,3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2304","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-litterature","category-litterature-dici","post-item clearfix"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/edmondmorrel.be\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2304","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/edmondmorrel.be\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/edmondmorrel.be\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/edmondmorrel.be\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/edmondmorrel.be\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2304"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/edmondmorrel.be\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2304\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2305,"href":"https:\/\/edmondmorrel.be\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2304\/revisions\/2305"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/edmondmorrel.be\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/2217"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/edmondmorrel.be\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2304"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/edmondmorrel.be\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2304"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/edmondmorrel.be\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2304"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}