Marie-Sabine Roger
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- Vedertaget namn
- Roger, Marie-Sabine
- Andra namn
- Roger, Marie Sabine
- Födelsedag
- 1957
- Kön
- female
- Nationalitet
- France
- Födelseort
- Bordeaux, France
- Yrken
- Nursery teacher
Writer - Priser och utmärkelser
- Prix Sorcières (2006)
Prix Marguerite Audoux (2010)
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- Verk
- 64
- Även av
- 1
- Medlemmar
- 527
- Popularitet
- #47,213
- Betyg
- 3.7
- Recensioner
- 33
- ISBN
- 133
- Språk
- 7
- Favoritmärkt
- 2
Jean-Pierre Fabre is 67 years old, he is a widower and currently lives alone in an apartment in Paris. Marie-Sabine Roger writes about his painful and slow recovery from the accident. He is visited by the police who want to establish wether it was a suicide attempt and learns that he was dragged to safety by a young student who happened to be passing by. He adapts to the pace of life in the hospital, the visits of the surgeon and his entourage, the girl who comes to empty his waste fluid, the nurse who attends to his general health. He certainly has time on his hands and a whole new small world to get used to. He thinks about his life, and we learn it has not been exemplary, while he has not been cruel he has certainly been self possessed and was a tear-away when a teenager. His male chauvinism runs deep and he slowly comes to terms with making new relationships with the people that work in the hospital. When he is able, he starts to write his thoughts down on his lap-top, but then must cope with the young ward orderly who claims use of his computer. He meets the student who pulled him out of the river, a gay youth turning tricks to get himself through college. Jean-Pierre adapts to these new relationships in his life, sometimes wittily, sometimes cringe worthy, but increasingly with more compassion.
The novel has moments of wry humour, some thoughts on the quality of life, with death not too far away, but always from Jean-Pierres point of view. The success of this book is that it puts the reader in bed with John-Pierre, which is by no means a comfortable place to be. It has to be said that the book is also an endorsement of the health service in France. John-Pierre usually has a room to himself, the workers in the hospital are quietly efficient and everything runs smoothly, there is no lack of care or attention, in fact too much attention from John-Pierres point of view.
The book only covers John-Pierre's stay in hospital and so we don't know if his experience had a lasting effect, but from actions that he takes towards the end of his recovery, we suspect he leaves a wiser person than when he was brought in. Philosophical thoughts are not overdone, as the novel concentrates on the here and now, while allowing memories of John-Pierres earlier life to colour his thoughts, while inactive in his hospital bed. A good novel and four stars.… (mer)