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Florida, by Olivier Bourdeaut: Cinderella's revenge

2021-03-03T15:22:56.150Z


The author of "En attendant Bojangles" tells the story of a little girl raised in the cult of the perfect body. Fierce and powerful.


There are three main categories of drinkers: those who have happy alcohol, those who have sad alcohol and finally, those who have heavy alcohol.

What relationship, you will tell us, with the books of Olivier Bourdeaut?

His novels intoxicate.

They are wacky, crazy, exhilarating.

And like all spirits, they are tasted by bringing up various emotions in us.

The first,

Waiting for Bojangles

, had this happy madness.

That melancholy and tender tone that we greeted like a friend at the end of an evening.

With the second,

Pactum salis

, the sip was drier.

The drunkenness was sad, the madness bitter.

Its last reaches the third level of intoxication: it is harsh, corrosive.

Madness is cruel this time.

Florida

is the meeting of

Little Miss Sunshine

and the

Count of Monte-Cristo

.

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When she was born, Elizabeth Vernn had all the talents.

Beauty, intelligence, wisdom… But on her 7th birthday, the pretty fairy tale is shattered.

Her mother gives her a dress.

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Source: lefigaro

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