It is a house in a village on the borders of Île-de-France.
It is home to a couple who must intrigue the neighborhood: they think, they write.
She also gardens and writes.
Their thebaid is nestled behind high walls: there is nothing to hide, only a calm to preserve.
Nothing luxurious, space and books: no volumes to decorate, beautiful bindings, prestigious collections.
Books for reading and studying, we see it in the bookmarks, the notes slipped inside, the covers worn out from use.
Classified by theme, ready to serve.
When we see Régis and Isabelle Debray, we think of this quatrain by Voltaire for Émilie du Châtelet in Cirey: “
Rest, a sweet study / Few books, not boring / A friend in solitude / this is my lot, it is happy.
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She: Isabelle Ambrosini, having worked at the European House of Photography, at the photographic space of the city of Paris.
Author of
Secrets of the Mountain
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