It was a summer afternoon, when I was buying something for dinner, that I suddenly found the book, and I couldn't resist buying it. I read it in waiting rooms, on the beach, in the train, and of course next to my beloved roses.
Éric Emmanuel Schmitt was born in 1960, and became a doctor in philosophy. His work Le Visiteur made him well known in the theather world, becomming a classical mise en scene in the international repertoire.
Very soon other success followed, and his work has been translated into forty-three languages, and is now performed in over fifty countries.
His career as a novelist initiated by La Sécte des Égoïstes is among others poursued with
L' Évangelie selon Pilate, La part de l'autre, Lorsque j'étais une oeuvre d'art, Ulysse from Bagdad, La femme au miroir. His Cycle de l'invisible (Miralepa, Monsieur Ibrahim et les fleurs du Coran, Oscar et la dame rose, L'Enfant de Noé, Le Sumo qui ne puvait pas grossir, Les dix enfants que madame Ming n'a jamais eus), was a huge success in France and abroad. In 2006 he wrote and performed his first film Odette Toulemonde, and in 2009 his own version of Oscar et la dame rose.
Éric Emmanuel Schmitt was born in 1960, and became a doctor in philosophy. His work Le Visiteur made him well known in the theather world, becomming a classical mise en scene in the international repertoire.
Very soon other success followed, and his work has been translated into forty-three languages, and is now performed in over fifty countries.
His career as a novelist initiated by La Sécte des Égoïstes is among others poursued with
L' Évangelie selon Pilate, La part de l'autre, Lorsque j'étais une oeuvre d'art, Ulysse from Bagdad, La femme au miroir. His Cycle de l'invisible (Miralepa, Monsieur Ibrahim et les fleurs du Coran, Oscar et la dame rose, L'Enfant de Noé, Le Sumo qui ne puvait pas grossir, Les dix enfants que madame Ming n'a jamais eus), was a huge success in France and abroad. In 2006 he wrote and performed his first film Odette Toulemonde, and in 2009 his own version of Oscar et la dame rose.
Éric Emmanuel Schmitt also wrote Ma vie avec Mozart et de Quand je pense que Beethoven est mort alors que tant de crétins vivent.
The plot : Paris, year 1960.
Momo a jewish boy of fourteen years old, who to escape from a loveless family, befriends of an old arab grocer in the rue Bleue.But appearances are misleading : Mr. Ibrahim is not arab, la rue Bleue is not blue, and ordinary life maybe is not so ordinary...
In my opinion the most amazing events of the novel are the two suicides, Memo's father and also Mr. Ibrahim. The two men belong to two different religions and cultures, but in a moment of their lives they decide to end it all. Each of these men seem to have their pesonal conflicts which end in suicide. There is not an obvious reason for that. This is true that the two men have lost their wives and have a monotonous life that can not change or they don't know how to change. But if death of course will visit them someday, it's not necessary to look for it.
I think that a positive event of the novel is when Mr. Ibrahim adopts Memo, in spite of being of different religion and culture.Mr. Ibrahim treats Memo like a son and a great friend. This is an important fact to think about it.
and although both men abandon Memo, he will regain his mother, she finds him again, and they build a nice and interesting relationship.
This novel makes me think about "death" as easy solution to any kind of conflict, instead of building positive relationships throughout the mysterious journey of life.
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