ANNE ROUMANOFF, THAT'S GOOD
"Mom died this morning and it's the first time she's hurting me." With this sentence opens the new novel Eric Emmanuel Schmitt, Journal of a lost love . A book about the death of the writer's mother and the after, the time of mourning. He returns to this book at the microphone of Anne Roumanoff, Europe 1 Tuesday.
"We were convinced that we were attending a future centenary"
"She died in top form, in a few seconds, so much the better, because she did not see herself leaving," says Éric-Emmanuel Schmitt. "Neither me nor my sister was ready to see her go, because we were convinced that we were going to a future centenary," he adds. Diary of a Lost Love tells precisely the relationship that the writer had with his mother. A fusional love that lasted since childhood. "My mother gave me the gift of a happy life, she was passionate about everything: theater, music, literature, traveling ... she made me a foodie," recalls Éric-Emmanuel Schmitt.
"You must learn to no longer be the child of anyone"
After death comes the time of mourning. Diary of a lost love is also the witness of this work on oneself to overcome the pain. "I did not know how to advance without this love by my side, then suddenly you have to learn not to be the child of anybody," the writer explains. To go forward, to begin to appreciate life and to make sure that memories are not pieces of sadness that come to pollute the present. "She would not have tolerated me being so unhappy," concludes Éric-Emmanuel Schmitt.