Fantômes dans la rue

Fantômes dans la rue
Author J. M. G. Le Clézio
Original title Fantômes dans la rue
Country France
Language French
Genre Novella
Publisher Elle, Aubin Imprimeur
Publication date
2000
Media type Print
Pages 48

Fantômes dans la rue (Ghosts in the Street) is the title of a novella written in French by French Nobel laureate writer J. M. G. Le Clézio. His daughter Amy Le Clézio suggested the storyline to this novella.[1] It was first published in the French language magazine Elle, n° 2845 dated 10 July 2000.[2]

Extract

Renault ne mendie pas.
Renault was not just in need of charity
Il reste simplement assis en tailleur, les mains posées sur ses cuisses, le buste bien droit, le regard fixé devant lui, légèrement à gauche.
He stayed there ,legs crossed,hands on the thighs,but his torso was uprightand his eyes gazed sometimes straight ahead and sometimes a little to the left of him.
Il ne s'occupe pas des voitures ni des gens.
He was not thinking about either cars nor people.
Mais il n'est pas indifférent non plus.
Neither was he indifferent .
De temps en temps, il relève ses yeux, et son regard va droit vers quelqu'un, au hasard.
From time to time,almost at random ,his eyes stopped gazing in any one direction but stared at someone (just anybody, really).
C'est évident qu'il n'attend personne.
Obviously he wasn't waiting for anybody

'''Quand la jeune fille est venue, il l'a regardée, et elle lui a souri gentiment.'''
When the young girl came, he just looked at her and softly smiled at her
Elle s'est arrêtée à sa hauteur, et il lui a dit une phrase, peut-être dans le genre de « ne t'inquiète pas, tu trouveras ce que tu cherches » , pas très sibylline, pourtant surprenante...'

She was stopped by this arrogance and then he said just this one line in a tone of voice that was not obscure but a little surprised :something like "do not be disturbed you will find what you are looking for"

Publication history

First French Edition

References

  1. "Fantomes Dans La RueLe Clezio Jm G". 2009. Retrieved 2009-01-26.
  2. "Page 1/574/Sixième partie :J.M.G.Le Clézio et les autres." (PDF). This is the html version of the file http://www.revue-texto.net/Corpus/Publications/Kastberg/10.Compar_Conclu_biblio.pdf. (in French). revue-texto.net. 2000. p. 41. Retrieved 2009-01-26. External link in |work= (help)
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