Ilitch, mort ou vif
“Ilyich, Dead or Alive” (title translated by AI)
Roger Magini (born 1945)
English editions
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The setting is simple: a hospital room where two friends face each other, a tireless narrator and the dying Charlie Boy, hanging on his every word. A surprise guest joins them: Vladimir Ilyich Ulyanov, known as Lenin, brought back to life by the narrator, who reinvents his life to delight Charlie Boy one last time. This Lenin is ninety-eight, moth-eaten and rheumatic, his memory shaky and his eyes tearful, and he sets about cheerfully preparing Charlie Boy for the great departure. A philosophical fable that asks whether literature, and creation itself, can teach us how to die.
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About the book
- Form
- Novel
- Length
- 137 pages in the original
- Genres
- Satire (assigned by AI)
- First published
- 2013 by Éditions Grasset & Fasquelle
- Author's age
- 68 when first published
- ISBN
9782246802983 (original)