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Ervé, celestial tramp, life in the street, writing in the skin
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Ervé, writer in Paris (May 2022).
© Catherine Fruchon-Toussaint/RFI
By: Catherine Fruchon-Toussaint
1 min
Ervé lives on the street.
And this inhabits it.
He drags with him the burden of a bad childhood and between anger, sadness and melancholy, he writes, among others on his twitter account @croisepattes.
"Carnassial Writings" is his first publication, it is a collection of texts echoing his dented life, published by Maurice Nadeau.
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Carnivorous writings © Maurice Nadeau editions
“For a long time, I tease the street. Still. Guided by my faults, my wounds, I walk along bituminous sidewalks or dusty paths. Everywhere the same bitumen. Everywhere the same acrid dust. Oh ! How I would like to find a hole of greenery where a river sings, but I am not that sleeper. However, I have two pains in my back that make me say that I was no match for you and that you defeated me with your words. I lost. Yes. I lost myself. »
Through these fragments of a shattered life, this writing that is at once vibrant, poetic and carnivorous, unfolds the darkness and the moments of grace of a celestial among the tramps of Paris.
(Presentation of
Maurice Nadeau editions
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