As modest as it is, the French writer living in the United States Marc Levy does not like to show his "studio", as he says. Exceptionally, however, he opened his office in Europe 1. "All trades that appeal to the imaginary are trades where we should not see the hands," he says to justify his discretion. "You can not see the hands of the puppeteer, it touches the charm of the thing, I never wanted to visit my office!"
After these reservations, Marc Lévy finally wanted to deliver some of his manufacturing secrets. His office occupies the top floor of a beautiful West Village house, historically a neighborhood of artists and rebels ... and today one of the most expensive in New York, a kaleidoscope city that never ceases to inspire the writer.
"I will easily take a quarter of an hour late for an appointment because I stopped to observe someone, something, a scene ...", he confides. "New York has a life-like show, there's such a diversity of communities, people, lifestyles, it's like entering a paintbrush and color shop and all of a sudden there's There were 300 different variations, of course, that stimulates your imagination, "the author continues.
Switch to the typewriter to slow down the pace
At the time of getting to work, Marc Lévy does not always get behind his computer: he also uses his typewriter collection. "It's a Smith Corona, it's an electric machine," he explains, presenting a model. "It sounds awesome, first there's the sound of the engine, but now if you have a computer that sounds like a fan, you're going to kill it, but afterwards, when you're typing, I find that very sensual, very beautiful, "develops the writer.
"I think there is a link between the tool and the rhythm of writing," he says, "when I want to slow down, if I have a long passage of storytelling, I like to go to the typewriter is a nice way to carve the material. "
And if the office of Marc Levy is bathed in light, in writing, it is the night that spends the most time, when the sounds fade, even in the city that never sleeps.