“The Fugue,” by Aurélie Valognes: a discreet tribute to Jane Birkin
By Anne Crignon
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Aurélie Valognes. PHILIPPE MATSAS - EDITIONS JC LATTES
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Reviewer Aurélie Valognes now has a large house to write in, recently purchased in Finistère. This house is the subject of her new book.
Aurélie Valognes is a younger sister of Françoise Bourdin (1952-2022), who wrote without trying to write literature. Lost one evening on Laurent Ruquier's set, she was seen listening to two columnists commenting on her lack of style with a carnivorous smile "If you want to say that I am not Giono or Simenon, it is certain" , she replied, disarming both with her simplicity, before returning to her village in a corner of Eure. Aurélie Valognes has the same simplicity as her elder, and millions of readers like her, and like her now a large house to write in, bought recently in Finistère. This house is the subject of her new book.
Sheep. In the corner of Brittany where the narrator has just arrived, there are more sheep than people. One day, on the path leading to the sea, she sees a sheep running, pursued by two mastiffs. The owner whistles for the dogs to come back, but the sheep has already thrown itself into the water. Exhausted, it struggles in vain. The heroine saves it from drowning—a lovely scene.
Friends. The narrator becomes friends with the breeder, who seems awkward at first...
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