Вручение 2009 г.

Страна: Франция Дата проведения: 2009 г.

Гонкуровская премия

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A finalist for France’s prestigious Prix Goncourt, Dirty Feet is a remarkable, inventive,and darkly compelling novel that tells the story of a man’s search for the mysterious, nomadic father who abandoned him years earlier.

As a small child, Askia was forced, along with his family, to wander the African desert as if under a curse. First driven from their home by drought and hunger, they were then kept from the villages they passed through by the fear and suspicion of others, who did not want to see their "dirty feet" stay for too long.

Years later, it seems Askia is destined to relive his family’s curse night after night as he roams the streets of Paris in his taxi. One evening, he picks up Olia, a young woman who claims to recognize his face, telling him that his features are similar to those of a man she photographed years ago. Had it been his father, the enigmatic Sidi Ben Sylla Mohammed? The father who migrated north long before he did; the father he has so often dreamt about; the father whom he aches to meet?

With Olia’s help, Askia sets out to retrace Sidi’s steps. But before he can embark on this new journey, he must first confront his violent past. A brutal, indelibly powerful look at the harrowing, often violent lives of those who are
condemned to wander.

Гонкуровская премия за биографическое произведение

Гонкуровская премия за дебютный роман

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Jean-Baptiste Del Amo 0.0
« C'est un homme sans vertu, sans conscience. Un libertin, un impie. Il se moque de tout, n'a que faire des conventions, rit de la morale. Ses mœurs sont, dit-on, tout à fait inconvenantes, ses habitudes frivoles, ses inclinations pour les plaisirs n'ont pas de limites. Il convoite les deux sexes. Il est arrivé, on le soupçonne, que des dames se tuent pour lui. Après les avoir menées aux extases de l'amour, il les méprise soudain car seule la volupté l'attise. Il détournerait les hommes de leurs épouses, même ceux qui jurent de n'être pas sensibles à ces plaisirs-là. Oh, je vous le dis, il faut s'en méfier comme du vice. » Paris, 1760. Le jeune Gaspard laisse derrière lui Quimper pour la capitale. De l'agitation portuaire aux raffinements des salons parisiens, il erre dans les bas-fonds et les bordels de Paris. Roman d'apprentissage, Une éducation libertine retrace le destin d'un homme asservi par la chair.

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