For the second year, the National Book Center is organizing Reading Nights, four evening events in France and abroad.
The red thread of the event?
Fear, a most stimulating theme, if we are to believe Marie Darrieussecq, godmother of this edition, author of
Pas Dormir,
preface to
Nuits rêvées
, a beautiful book combining poems and paintings on the night.
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Miss Figaro. – Why did you agree to be the godmother of Reading Nights?
Marie Darrieussecq.
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Because in my perpetual insomnia, I have tried everything, as I say in
Not Sleeping
, and reading is what works best for me… I am a bulimic reader – I read six to seven hours a day –, I think you can't write without having read a lot, and I'm also a great advocate of reading for its benefits.
By reading, we activate areas of the brain very similar to those that we activate when we do meditation.
It helps to come out of oneself, to symbolize, to win...
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