Je suis un ecrivain japonais

Dany Laferrière

Publié par Le Livre de Poche

212 pages

Résumé

A black writer from Montreal has found the perfect title for his next book I Am a Japanese Writer. His publisher loves it and gives him an advance. The problem is, he can't seem to write a word of it. He nurses his writer's block by taking baths, re-reading the Japanese poet Basho and engaging in amorous intrigues with rising pop star Midori. The book, still unwritten, becomes a cult phenomenon in Japan, and the writer an international celebrity. A Japanese writer publishes a book called I Am a Malagasy Writer. Even the Japanese consulate is intrigued. Our hero is delighted—until things start to go wrong. Part postmodern fantasy, part Kafkaesque nightmare and part travelogue to the inner reaches of the self, I Am a Japanese Writer calls into question everything we think we know about what-and who-makes a work of art

Pays sans chapeau

Cette grenade dans la main du jeune Nègre est-elle une arme ou un fruit ?

Je suis un écrivain japonais

Dany Laferrière à L'académie Francaise : discours de réception

L'art presque perdu de ne rien faire

Chronique de la dérive douce

Je suis fatigué

Je suis un écrivain japonais

Critiques