Frédéric Vitoux: "The great writers are not those who open doors, but those who close them"

It is a very beautiful story published by Frédéric Vitoux: an accumulation of reminiscences and memories of childhood, brought together in an appreciable disorder. The academician, former film critic for Positif and Le Nouvel Observateur (where he also held a fine literary column), wanted to stack "lightly" these little things that mark the beginning of a life: a fencing fight ( won) against a young champion; two-day trips in 2 CV to reach the south of France at the start of the long holidays; magic screenings in the cinema to see films there since forgotten (if Vitoux baptized this book Long time, I gave reason to Ginger Rogers, it is because in 5th Avenue Girl , the actress says "perhaps, the are rich people poor people… with money ” ); the discovery of Beethoven's Piano Sonata No. 32, Op. 111, played on disc by Yves Nat; daily life in this apartment on Île Saint-Louis that he still lives in; the “rallies” of the 16th arrondissement

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