Julien Blanc-Gras, literary globetrotter
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Writer Julien Blanc-Gras in studio at RFI (May 2021) © Catherine Fruchon-Toussaint / RFI
By: Catherine Fruchon-Toussaint
31 min
Journalist, novelist, director, traveler, Julien Blanc-Gras was born in 1976 in Gap.
He is the author of ten books, including “Touriste”, “Paradis avant liquidation”, “In utero” and “Comme à la guerre”.
His new book “Sent a little special”, published by Stock, is a collection of texts inspired by his wanderings in some thirty countries.
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Sent a little special © Stock
Halfway between the "professional tourist" and the "part-time reporter", Julien Blanc-Gras claims to be "sent a little special".
Armed with his healthy detachment and his unfailing humor, he embarks us on a new world tour, with curiosity and the joy of discovery as the sole compass.
Anything can happen on a trip.
Throughout his adventures in around thirty countries, Julien Blanc-Gras recounts the galleys and moments of grace, no man's land and sprawling cities, small paradises and some hells.
There we meet a Shinto priest and a whimsical king, a Nigerian movie star and an American writer, a lighthouse keeper and a national hero - among many other portraits that populate these stories and this planet.
On a sacred mountain in Nepal or on a desert island in Indonesia, in the depths of Kansas or in the bustle of Kinshasa, Julien Blanc-Gras gives an account of our time without ever asserting, demonstrating or pontificating.
“By moving away from home, we get closer to the universal.
»To read: Julien Blanc-Gras, we understand that, seen up close, the world is not as ugly as it looks.
(Presentation of Stock editions)
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