The writer Mazarine Pingeot, also associate professor and doctor of philosophy at the University Paris-VIII in Saint-Denis, received in his library Nicolas Carreau for the show La Voix est livre sur Europe 1.
In the library, the family legacy is omnipresent. A bust sits in the room, that of his great-great-grandfather, Marshal Fayolle. Most of the books in the shelves come from his father, François Mitterrand. The four walls of the room are invisible, hidden by the books: "This room is made for that, it is lined with books".
"I favor philosophy in my library"
Some related works embody his father's legacy: "The beautiful, well-bound books were destined for me, my father shared his books and those were for me". For the most part, they are novels of the great authors of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. However, the writer admits that "the beautiful object side is scary, I do not open those books!".
No, Mazarine Pingeot prefers philosophy. Plato and Derrida are on his desk: "I prefer philosophy in my library to work, I only keep novels when they have really been important to me".
And the one who was opposed to reading in his youth, by revolt against his parents, now believes that "it is always important to read, it helps to take a step back."