by Jerome Garcin

"Le visage en sang, Jacques hurle : "Mes yeux! Où sont mes yeux ?" Il vient de les perdre à jamais. En ce jour d'azur, de lilas et de muguet, il entre dans l'obscurité où seuls, désormais, les parfums, les sons et les formes auront des couleurs." Né en 1924, aveugle à huit ans, résistant à dix-sept, membre du mouvement Défense de la France, Jacques Lusseyran est arrêté en 1943 par la Gestapo, incarcéré à Fresnes puis déporté à Buchenwald. Libéré après un an et demi de captivité, il écrit Et la lumière fut et part enseigner la littérature aux États-Unis, où il devient "The Blind Hero of the French Resistance". Il meurt, en 1971, dans un accident de voiture. Il avait quarante-sept ans. Vingt ans après Pour Jean Prévost (prix Médicis essai 1994), Jérôme Garcin fait le portrait d'un autre écrivain-résistant que la France a négligé et que l'Histoire a oublié.

Le voyant
Publisher
GALLIMARD
Type
book
Language
French
ISBN-13
9782070141647
ISBN-10
2070141640
Number of Pages
192
Height
15 mm
Widht
140 mm
Lenght
205 mm
Weight
255 g
Format
Book
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