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The door of hell had been selected by liliB in the price QD9 2010. The themes and biases of this fictional first foray into the work of Laurent Gaude I was not excited but I was convinced that I would read very quickly other author's books. This has now made and Death of King Tsongor confirmed to me the undeniable qualities of the pen of the author. I will bring this novel to DLE tonight (you can still come: news here ).
The subject
In an ancient African imagination. The king marries his daughter Tsongor Samilia to Kouame. The day before the wedding, Sango Kerim high with the 4 son and daughter Tsongor, returns from exile to claim his rights. When they were children, and he Samilia have vowed to marry.
Sensing an inevitable war if he means an elected and unable to choose between two suitors, Tsongor decides to kill himself. Before that, he called Souba, the youngest of his son and ordered him to roam his kingdom as long as needed to build seven tombs in honor of his father and then seek to return her remains to finally she can rest in peace. Meanwhile, the ghost of the dead king powerless witness to the destruction of his empire.
My opinion
This novel won the Prix Goncourt schoolchildren 2002 and 2003 the price of booksellers and I understand the reason for these awards a lot better than I can explain the reasons for which I liked this book yet had nothing to captivate me and almost everything to annoy me.
The book is actually a tale combining adult novel of initiation, war story, fantasy, thinking (very dark) on the human soul, where every line flush with the metaphor and philosophical reflection without ever I ' ale really understand why.
The book is based on a vision of what honor, duty, and demonstrates to me that it is often the height of barbarism, the synonym of the absurdity, the elder brother of shame and desolation. By hardline absurd and kneaded with pride each protagonist to ruin and that of his world, fighting out of loyalty to his ideal or the idea that he is, he merely participate in its destruction and its decay , making impossible the same outcome of his struggle.
We think obviously to Helen and the Trojan War, the Greek tragedies, the impossible love, the difficult choices but also the loss of meaning when, at some point share the same premium on its target, when the end only serves as justification for even more ways because all hope is permanently excluded. The worst part of it is that every character is perfectly lucid, but prefers to stay true to what he thinks is his destiny rather than what reason would dictate. The novel is a meditation on the vanity and impotence of men.
The author's language is beautiful and poetic. He has found the right tone to tell this story, to give depth and credibility to make sensitive the torments of King Tsongor beyond life.
Conclusion
A superb novel and striking
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