"From a distance you see nothing," said Nathan often. Since the death of this beloved brother, Sarah feels more and more irrelevant to his life, until then "so perfect." The heart on the run, she fled to Japan and takes refuge in a small village at the foot of the cliffs. Nathan claimed to have found peace there, with some Natsume. Revisiting the scene of election of this lost brother, Sarah hopes to get closer, the last time from him. But it is her own story she will rediscover her own risk. With a script that makes the room feel, printing, landscape both inside and outside, Olivier Adam describes the smallest movements of the heart and asks the big questions that bother.
With a writing style and light, and fluid, this book reads alone, without effort, despite the serious climate that prevails there.
Olivier Adam goes into the skin of a woman, who stunned with grief at the death of his brother, leaving husband and children took refuge in Japan to try to find answers. In a back and forth continuously, the reader comes slowly in the privacy of the family and working with Sarah, their two worlds with their rudeness and they leave scars insidiously.
It is rather a novel atmosphere, where one palp more things they are saying clearly. The landscape is very dominant, especially in Japan, where I can imagine what could be the place where Sarah sought refuge to understand this brother who would not or could follow the same path. What has he been able to find the edge of these cliffs, along with Natsume?
Sarah does succeed to understand, to heal?
There are a lot of suffering, not said, without in any étouffant.Le trip will be her rebirth, taking conscience over his own life routine, almost laid-out plans that basically choked a little, not daring to detach.
"Seen up close, made in the ordinary course, we see nothing of his own life. "
" If I had one thing in the world of business and labor in general is that they are intolerant low, that any fault must be concealed, denied any weakness, any fatigue fought and forgotten, a significant part of ourselves must be left at the door like a costume that was putting a after dark "
" It's even why I married him, I think. Because he was nice, balanced, comforting, reasonable and reliable, and because I liked it all that. Because I was on the surface, held me above the waves. Because by dint of having their feet so firmly planted on the ground, it kept me from slipping. "
Olivier Adam Olivier's Edition - 232 pages
Olivier Adam was born in 1974. After growing up in the suburbs and lived in Paris, he moved to Saint-Malo. He is the author of numerous books, including Passing the winter (the new Goncourt 2004), cliffs, away from anything (price France Télévisions 2007 and Prix Jean-Amila-Meckert 2008), contrary winds (Price RTL / Read, 2009).
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