Magali Brieussel

Lisez-moi !

Synopsis

This novel is the imaginary autobiography of a traveling notebook that changes hands as it travels across the surface of the globe. Witness to a thousand typical scenes, the object acquires a patina as its pages fill up and fingers of all colors leaf through it and scratch its paper with their writing instruments.

Back cover

An astonishing first novel by Magali Brieussel, a bookseller and translator marked by her travels! We follow the adventures of a notebook that passes from hand to hand, from Uganda to Egypt, via Mexico, India and a mysterious desert island, where we will meet – among others – the whimsical Alice. As its pages darken, a slow metamorphosis takes place. A poetic metaphor for the creative process, Lisez-moi! is inspired by a series of reports made around the world. An invitation to read, travel and dream.

The author

A tireless globetrotter, Magali lives her passions every day in her Montpellier bookstore where traveling readers - and readers in general - find their happiness. She knows the world of books well, having frequented it in several places, as a professional as well as an experienced tourist. When she writes, she continues to live her passion and talks about ... travel and books. Hence the theme of her first novel. Link to the author's website.

The vein of the book

The book makes an explicit reference to Lewis Carol and an implicit reference (intentional or not) to Antoine de Saint-Exupéry.

- We discover an astonishing Alice in this book.

- The hero-object is both candid and perceptive, like Le Petit Prince.

Why Matière brute ?

This collection favors spontaneity and freshness, staging the transformation of a raw material. Here a notebook becomes ... something else, which we discover at the end of the book.

Atmosphere

Bring a leather backpack weathered by the sun and sea spray on every continent, sewn with worn, frayed badges and insignia, fill it with the bare essentials including a flask of strong rum (to be consumed in moderation), and set off on the roads with Magali's book in hand, reading it loud and clear as if your life depended on it.

For the youngest, follow your parents, your uncles and aunts, your godparents or your older cousins on the same roads, sipping a pomegranate juice cut with lemonade. Or stay warm at home and imagine that you are traveling the world.

Agenda - Press

- November 30, 2021 : book release.

- December 16, 2021 : article in Rainfolk

- January 11, 2022 : pre-launch at the bookshop La géosphère in Montpellier.

- January 19, 2022 : webinar with the author. Link to the recording.

- January 19, 2022 : article in eurotribune, article in occitanie tribune, article in Hérault Direct.

- Initially scheduled on January 25, 2022 (postponed due to pandemic) : reading at La Petite Librairie de Sommières in the Gard.

- January 27, 2022 : article in la Gazette de Montpellier.

- January 30, 2022 : interview by Guy Pierson in Côté culture on France Bleu Hérault. Link to the replay.

- February 2, 2022 : broadcast Comptons avec les littéraires.

- February 8, 2022 : enregistrement interview sur Divergence FM.

- February 15, 2022 : interview on Radio Aviva.

- Initially scheduled on January 28, 2022, postponed to April 15, 2022 due to pandemic : meeting around the novel at the médiathèque du Pays Viganais in the Gard.

- April 19, 2022 : recording of a broadcast for Radio Aviva in Montpellier - interview by Camille Tabet, litterary journalist.

- June 11 2022 : presentation at the library of Saint-Bauzille-de-Putois (Hérault).

Readers' notes

They said about Lisez-moi !

Le lecteur (la lectrice) suit son périple d’Ouganda jusqu’en Égypte en passant par divers pays d’Amérique latine et d’Asie, sans oublier l’Australie. Le carnet passe de main en main, partage brièvement la vie d’habitants du monde entier et en garde des stigmates physiques et odorants. Celui que l’on nommera Lisez-moi ! aura pour mission de recueillir les pensées de chaque personne détenant le carnet à un moment donné de leur vie.

Une histoire plaisante, touchante, simple et facile à lire, qui nous invite au voyage, à la rencontre de différentes personnalités et du monde des livres. C’est une leçon de vie : le chemin pour atteindre nos rêves est parfois semé d’embûches, on peut connaître des désillusions, retourner à la case départ mais il faut toujours garder espoir et y croire.

Koumba, a student in book communication.

Un beau premier roman plein d'émotion, dont les deux parties se répondent : la première campe le décor (la planète), la deuxième introduit une dimension onirique bien dosée.

An editor.