MEDI1TV Afrique : #Chronique_culture du 27-09-24 - 27/09/2024
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00:00Welcome to Mediain TV and books.
00:11In this chronicle is the 33rd novel by Amélie Nothan,
00:14the impossible return that it brings to Japan.
00:17In the Land of the Rising Sun, it is the paternal figure
00:20that reappears as a shadow, a guide.
00:22The Belgian novelist, nostalgic, returns to Japan,
00:25country of her childhood.
00:27Amélie Nothan does not like to travel,
00:30but in a hurry by a friend to accompany her to Japan,
00:33she accepts, just after confinement,
00:36to put the cap back on this country
00:39where she spent her childhood
00:42and thought she could live for a while
00:45before putting her suitcases in Paris.
00:48A ten-day journey between Kyoto and Tokyo
00:51accompanied by an unparalleled friend,
00:55photographer, allergic and tempestuous.
00:58Let's listen to Amélie Nothan.
01:25Amélie Nothan is a Japanese novelist.
01:28Amélie Nothan is a Japanese novelist.
01:31Amélie Nothan is a Japanese novelist.
01:34Amélie Nothan is a Japanese novelist.
01:37Amélie Nothan is a Japanese novelist.
01:40Amélie Nothan is a Japanese novelist.
01:43Amélie Nothan is a Japanese novelist.
01:46Amélie Nothan is a Japanese novelist.
01:49Amélie Nothan is a Japanese novelist.
01:52Amélie Nothan is a Japanese novelist.
01:55Amélie Nothan doesn't like travelling.
01:58Too many departures, too many young people,
02:01and farewells due to the affections of her father.
02:04A father who gave her love of letters and books,
02:07but also an unfathomable and tentacular nostalgia
02:10that he grasped as soon as she returned to the known land.
02:13Thus, the impossible return is, in a way, the last journey.
02:16To prepare for it, to stress the author considerably,
02:19to live it, is frightening to her.
02:22Why? Because Japan is an identity country
02:25that alone, and above all entirely, gave meaning to her life.
02:28Let's listen again to Amélie Nothan.
02:31My childhood was in the south of Japan,
02:34in the Kyoto region, in Kansai,
02:37in Japan as we imagine it, in ancient Japan.
02:40I discovered Tokyo as a young adult
02:43in this famous project to become Japanese.
02:47My father is a very important figure in this story
02:50because he discovered Japan
02:53when I was born.
02:56He fell in love with this country
02:59and fell in love with its unparalleled violence.
03:02He was 30 years old when he learned Japanese,
03:05but better than a Japanese.
03:08He became the first non-Japanese in the world
03:11to professionally sing the Noh,
03:15my father had a double cap of Belgian ambassador
03:18and singer of Noh.
03:21I don't count the number of nights
03:24I accompanied my father to sing the Noh at the temple.
03:27It's very exhilarating to see your father sing the Noh at the temple.
03:30Amélie Nothan's impossible return is an autobiographical book
03:33by a writer with a flesh-and-blood sensitivity
03:36who is sometimes overwhelmed by her emotions
03:39for the most banal reasons, such as the loss of a transport ticket
03:43which leads to the drama.
03:46All these moments let the sincerity of the author explode.
03:49What to remember from this journey?
03:52The impossible return is a book imbued with nostalgia
03:55for a past that is always present,
03:58but also a generous, funny and full of love story
04:01for the country of her childhood.
04:04A journey to discover in Amélie Nothan's latest novel,
04:07the impossible return, published by Albin Michel.
04:10I read it when I was 18 years old.
04:13It was a huge shock for me.
04:16I was waiting for the opportunity to read it again.
04:19I said to myself,
04:22Tokyo would be perfect for a re-reading of Huismans.
04:25I was absolutely right.
04:28But I didn't know for what semantic reason
04:31it would be so important to re-read Huismans.
04:34It's because I was going to re-read myself.
04:38It happens to all of us, one day or another,
04:41to go back to our roots.
04:44We all want to see the place where we spent our childhood,
04:47our youth.
04:50But there comes a time,
04:53when we are no longer exactly a loser of the year,
04:58when it is particularly effective.
05:01And this confrontation of
05:04re-reading Huismans in Tokyo,
05:10it was like an emotional attack.
05:16And finally, some music.
05:19Gloria Bache, native of the city of Goma in RDC,
05:22is making a place for herself in the sun
05:25with her new song, Cascade.
05:28Former hip-hop dancer, Gloria Bache,
05:31is making a place for herself in the sun
05:34with her new song, Cascade.
05:37Former hip-hop dancer, Gloria Bache,
05:40is making a place for herself in the sun
05:43with her new song, Cascade.
05:46Let's listen to an excerpt.
06:01Let's listen to an excerpt.
06:31And of course on our digital media, medianews.com.
07:01And of course on our digital media, medianews.com.