If we could at least provide a bit of hope to a few anguished individuals, it would lend meaning to our existence.
Sergio Vieira de Mello (Rio-de-Janeiro 1948 - Baghdad 2003), in referring to his personal involvement with the victims of the war in Bosnia.
Published in 2011:
Génération Nothomb
Sam, a post-adolescent rebel with a poor self-image and who has never opened a book in his life, is inexplicably inspired to buy a novel by Amélie Nothomb. Reading the book opens up an entirely new vista for the young man, and to express his newly discovered pleasure in reading, he decides to share his feelings by writing directly to the novelist herself. That is the beginning of a long epistolary relationship which eventually leads Sam to formulate plans and undertake the kind of projects that he would never have dreamed of earlier. It also opens the door to other encounters that have a determining influence and that contribute to Sam becoming the person that he chooses to be, the person he had no idea lay hidden within him.
Based on a true story and illustrated with excerpts from actual internet blogs and forums, the novel depicts the unique, often bordering on intimate, relationship that Amélie Nothomb entertains with her readers, the energy and inspiration that she provides them and the way in which they infuse her writing into their own lives and dreams.
Editions Luce Wilquin (Belgium)
August 2011, 19 €
Price in Switzerland: 26.60 CHF.
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Génération Nothomb
