{"id":475,"date":"2025-02-08T15:43:00","date_gmt":"2025-02-08T20:43:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lepetitparc.ca\/mireille\/?p=475"},"modified":"2025-02-08T15:53:46","modified_gmt":"2025-02-08T20:53:46","slug":"un-petit-mal-pour-un-grand-bien","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lepetitparc.ca\/mireille\/2025\/02\/08\/un-petit-mal-pour-un-grand-bien\/","title":{"rendered":"Un petit mal pour un grand bien"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Certains livres nous divertissent, sur le moment, mais sont tr\u00e8s vite oubli\u00e9s. Je n&rsquo;ai aucune id\u00e9e du nombre de polars ou d&rsquo;autres livres \u00ab\u00a0\u00e0 sensation\u00a0\u00bb que j&rsquo;ai pu lire au cours des cinquante derni\u00e8res ann\u00e9es, mais je sais qu&rsquo;il y en a eu des chars et des barges et qu&rsquo;ils ont tous eu comme fonction de m&rsquo;occuper la t\u00eate, quand ce n&rsquo;\u00e9tait pas de \u00ab\u00a0changer le mal de place\u00a0\u00bb.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">  D&rsquo;autres livres, d&rsquo;un abord plus difficile, laissent une empreinte durable. J&rsquo;ai lu en ce d\u00e9but d&rsquo;ann\u00e9e <em>Des vies \u00e0 d\u00e9couvert<\/em> (<em>Unsheltered<\/em>) et <em>On m&rsquo;appelle Demon Copperhead<\/em> (<em>Demon Copperhead<\/em>, prix Pulitzer 2023, \u00f4 combien m\u00e9rit\u00e9!), deux romans de l&rsquo;auteure am\u00e9ricaine Barbara Kingsolver. Dans les deux cas, j&rsquo;ai d&rsquo;abord eu l&rsquo;impression de m&rsquo;escrimer sur une t\u00e2che fastidieuse, mais, petit \u00e0 petit, l&rsquo;ennui a c\u00e9d\u00e9 la place \u00e0 un sentiment intense de d\u00e9couverte. La pers\u00e9v\u00e9rance, en lecture, nous permet quelquefois d&rsquo;entrer, comme par le chas d&rsquo;une aiguille, dans des mondes, des histoires et des r\u00e9flexions profondes qui nous transforment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Il y a un peu moins de trente ans, une jeune femme anglophone \u00e0 qui j&rsquo;enseignais le fran\u00e7ais a propos\u00e9 que nous nous pr\u00eations mutuellement des livres, question de faire quelques pas dans la culture de l&rsquo;autre. Avec le livre <em>The Poisonwood Bible<\/em>, qui venait tout juste de para\u00eetre, elle m&rsquo;a fait d\u00e9couvrir Barbara Kingsolver, biologiste de formation et \u00e9cologiste de la premi\u00e8re heure. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/lepetitparc.ca\/mireille\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/22\/2025\/02\/thumbnail_IMG_3215-3-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-488\" style=\"width:335px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lepetitparc.ca\/mireille\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/22\/2025\/02\/thumbnail_IMG_3215-3-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/lepetitparc.ca\/mireille\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/22\/2025\/02\/thumbnail_IMG_3215-3-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/lepetitparc.ca\/mireille\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/22\/2025\/02\/thumbnail_IMG_3215-3-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/lepetitparc.ca\/mireille\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/22\/2025\/02\/thumbnail_IMG_3215-3.jpg 1440w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"> <em>Des vies \u00e0 d\u00e9couvert<\/em>, qui est \u00e0 la fois contemporain et historique, nous permet de faire une incursion dans la vie et le travail &#8211; d&rsquo;une importance majeure &#8211; du personnage tout \u00e0 fait r\u00e9el de Mary Treat, une entomologiste et botaniste am\u00e9ricaine du XIXe si\u00e8cle. Il  nous am\u00e8ne aussi \u00e0 conna\u00eetre (et peut-\u00eatre m\u00eame \u00e0 aimer tr\u00e8s fort) une famille qui \u00e9tait jusque l\u00e0 passablement \u00e9pargn\u00e9e par la vie, mais qui se retrouve brusquement face \u00e0 une adversit\u00e9 presque foudroyante. De tr\u00e8s belles pages sur la parfaite imperfection de l&rsquo;humanit\u00e9.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" data-src=\"https:\/\/lepetitparc.ca\/mireille\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/22\/2025\/02\/thumbnail_IMG_3223-4-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-489 lazyload\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 768px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 768\/1024;width:320px;height:auto\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/lepetitparc.ca\/mireille\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/22\/2025\/02\/thumbnail_IMG_3223-4-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/lepetitparc.ca\/mireille\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/22\/2025\/02\/thumbnail_IMG_3223-4-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/lepetitparc.ca\/mireille\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/22\/2025\/02\/thumbnail_IMG_3223-4-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/lepetitparc.ca\/mireille\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/22\/2025\/02\/thumbnail_IMG_3223-4.jpg 1440w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Dans <em>On m&rsquo;appelle Demon Copperhead<\/em>, la r\u00e9f\u00e9rence \u00e0 Charles Dickens et \u00e0 son David Copperfield est \u00e9vidente. Et tout \u00e0 fait voulue. Le livre en entier est un hommage \u00e0 la r\u00e9silience. Une seule d\u00e9dicace ouvre le r\u00e9cit: \u00ab\u00a0\u00c0 tous les survivants\u00a0\u00bb. Une fois qu&rsquo;on s&rsquo;est familiaris\u00e9 avec le style tr\u00e8s particulier de l&rsquo;\u00e9criture, qui peut \u00eatre d\u00e9routant \u00e0 prime abord, on peut suivre avec compassion le formidable p\u00e9riple de Demon, qui a une, deux&#8230; ou mille choses \u00e0 nous apprendre sur la r\u00e9silience.     <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Merci \u00e0 ChesterMirt pour l&rsquo;image, libre de droits, de la biblioth\u00e8que.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Certains livres nous divertissent, sur le moment, mais sont tr\u00e8s vite 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