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| Title | : | La Porte des enfers |
| Author | : | Laurent Gaudé |
| Book Format | : | Paperback |
| Book Edition | : | Deluxe Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 266 pages |
| Published | : | August 20th 2008 by Actes Sud |
| Categories | : | Cultural. France. Fiction. Roman. Fantasy |
Laurent Gaudé
Paperback | Pages: 266 pages Rating: 3.83 | 617 Users | 79 Reviews
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Au lendemain d'une fusillade à Naples, Matteo voit s'effondrer toute raison d'être : son petit garçon est mort. Nuit après nuit, à bord de son taxi vide, il s'enfonce dans la solitude et parcourt au hasard les rues de la ville. Un soir, dans un minuscule café, il fait la connaissance du patron, Garibaldo, de l'impénitent curé don Mazerotti, et surtout du professeur Provolone, personnage haut en couleur, aussi érudit que sulfureux, qui tient d'étranges discours sur la réalité des Enfers. Et qui prétend qu'on peut y descendre... Ceux qui meurent emmènent dans l'au-delà un peu de notre vie, et nous désespérons de la recouvrer, tant pour eux-mêmes que pour apaiser notre douleur.C'est dans la conscience de tous les deuils - les siens, les nôtres - que Laurent Gaudé oppose à la mort un des mythes les plus forts de l'histoire de l'humanité. Solaire et ténébreux, captivant et haletant, La Porte des enfers nous emporte dans un « voyage » où le temps et le destin sont détournés par la volonté d'arracher un être au néant
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| Original Title: | La Porte des enfers |
| ISBN: | 2742777040 (ISBN13: 9782742777044) |
| Edition Language: | French |
Rating Containing Books La Porte des enfers
Ratings: 3.83 From 617 Users | 79 ReviewsCriticism Containing Books La Porte des enfers
Interesting concept. Preferred beginning to end. Sad story.We no longer believe in anything. And in order not to depress ourselves we call that progress.Oddly, this one was a slow start for me, but Im so glad I stuck with it The opening is rather banal and then suddenly quite horrifying (I have a toddler) and as I had not read the blurb recently, and couldnt recall precisely what the book was about, I was having a hard time getting invested in the story as a result. Then I went back online to check the blurb and knew Id have to keep reading. Im
An unusual take on grief and remorse, and a very effective one. Matteo feels responsible for his sons death and jumps at the chance to see if he can locate him in the underworld. He finds that Hell is a place of no comfort, where the dead are constantly reminded of their mistakes and missed opportunities - much the same as Matteos life has become since his son died. His journey takes him through the different stages the dead experience before they are snuffed out for good. I was particularly
Matteos world comes to an end when his 6 year old son Pippo is killed, caught in the middle of a gang war. Guiliana, Pippos mother finds the only way she can cope with her grief is to never think of her son again. Matteo meanwhile, finds himself driving around the city of Naples at night. It is on one of these lonely drives that he encounters a man who tells him about the underworld. The world where souls roam and the dead live. And so Matteo vows to recover Pippo from Hells Gate.Though this is
Really enjoyed this book. It was was thoughtful and poignant. What would you do to recover someone who's life has been cut short too soon? How does grief affect us and cloud our judgment? What is the nature of revenge? Shades of Dante and Virgil, this is a short novel, but that's part of its impact.
I received this ARC from NetGalley and the publisher, Gallic Books. I know I'm not the first (and I'm sure to not be the last) person to pick this one up expecting a horror novel. However, don't let the genre deter you from giving this a read. I was pleasantly surprised to find this was not just another author's take on the horrors of hell. Instead, Hell's Gate focuses more on the grief and psychological effects parents go through when losing a child. There's not much to the characters in this
I read the English translation "Hell's Gate"
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