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Author:
Mizubayashi, Akira, 1951- author.
Title:
Reine de cœur : roman / Akira Mizubayashi.
Publisher:
Gallimard,
Copyright Date:
2022
Description:
237 pages ; 21 cm
Subject:
Conservatoire national supérieur de musique--Fiction.
Man-woman relationships--Fiction.
Grandparent and child--Fiction.
Music--Fiction.
Sino-Japanese Conflict, 1931-1933--Fiction.
Family secrets--Fiction.
Families--Fiction.
Violinists--Fiction.
Japan--Fiction.
Paris (France)--Fiction.
Novels.
Fiction.
Novels.
Notes:
Novel.
Summary:
En 1939, Jun est étudiant au Conservatoire de Paris. Mais le conflit sino-japonais le contraint à rentrer au Japon. En quittant la France, il laisse derrière lui son grand amour, sa "reine de coeur", la jeune Anna. L'épreuve de la guerre sera d'une violence monstrueuse.Des années plus tard, Mizuné, une jeune altiste parisienne, découvre un roman qui lui rappelle étrangement le parcours de ses grands-parents, Jun et Anna, qu'elle n'a jamais connus. Bouleversée par la guerre et la folie des hommes, leur histoire d'amour, si intimement liée à la musique, pourrait bien trouver un prolongement inattendu.Le passé récent du Japon et les atrocités commises au nom de la grandeur nationale, la musique vécue comme ce que l'humanité porte en elle de meilleur, la transmission du passé malgré les silences familiaux, l'amour de la langue française:dans ce roman à la fois émouvant et captivant, Akira Mizubayashi continue d'explorer les thèmes qui lui sont chers.--Back cover.
In 1939, Jun was a student at the Paris Conservatory. But the Sino-Japanese conflict forced him to return to Japan. Leaving France, he leaves behind his great love, his "queen of hearts", the young Anna. The ordeal of war will be monstrous violence. Years later, Mizune, a young Parisian violist, discovers a novel that strangely reminds her of the journey of her grandparents, Jun and Anna, whom she never knew. never known. Shaken by the war and the madness of men, their love story, so intimately linked to music, could well find an unexpected extension. Japan's recent past and the atrocities committed in the name of national greatness, music experienced as what humanity carries within it best, the transmission of the past despite family silences, the love of the French language: in this moving and captivating novel, Akira Mizubayashi continues to explore the themes that are dear to him.--Back cover.
ISBN:
207298405X
9782072984051
OCLC:
(OCoLC)1302729326
LCCN:
2022373494
Locations:
OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)

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