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La Porte des enfers

Laurent Gaudé

Paperback | Pages: 266 pages

Rating: 3.83 | 617 Users | 79 Reviews

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Title	:	La Porte des enfers
Author	:	Laurent Gaudé
Book Format	:	Paperback
Book Edition	:	First Edition
Pages	:	Pages: 266 pages
Published	:	August 20th 2008 by Actes Sud
Categories	:	Cultural. France. Fiction. Roman. Fantasy

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Au lendemain d'une fusillade à Naples, Matteo voit s'effondrer toute raison d'être : son petit garçon est mort. Nuit après nuit, à bord de son taxi vide, il s'enfonce dans la solitude et parcourt au hasard les rues de la ville. Un soir, dans un minuscule café, il fait la connaissance du patron, Garibaldo, de l'impénitent curé don Mazerotti, et surtout du professeur Provolone, personnage haut en couleur, aussi érudit que sulfureux, qui tient d'étranges discours sur la réalité des Enfers. Et qui prétend qu'on peut y descendre... Ceux qui meurent emmènent dans l'au-delà un peu de notre vie, et nous désespérons de la recouvrer, tant pour eux-mêmes que pour apaiser notre douleur.
C'est dans la conscience de tous les deuils - les siens, les nôtres - que Laurent Gaudé oppose à la mort un des mythes les plus forts de l'histoire de l'humanité. Solaire et ténébreux, captivant et haletant, La Porte des enfers nous emporte dans un « voyage » où le temps et le destin sont détournés par la volonté d'arracher un être au néant

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Original Title:	La Porte des enfers
ISBN:	2742777040 (ISBN13: 9782742777044)
Edition Language:	French

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We no longer believe in anything. And in order not to depress ourselves we call that progress.Oddly, this one was a slow start for me, but Im so glad I stuck with it The opening is rather banal and then suddenly quite horrifying (I have a toddler) and as I had not read the blurb recently, and couldnt recall precisely what the book was about, I was having a hard time getting invested in the story as a result. Then I went back online to check the blurb and knew Id have to keep reading. Im

"When his son is killed by gangsters' crossfire on his way to school, Neapolitan taxi driver Matteo is consumed by despair. But just when he feels life has lost all meaning, he encounters a man who claims the living can find ways into the afterlife. And legend says that there's an entrance to the underworld beneath Naples. What if Matteo had a chance of bringing Pippo back from the dead?"We found it impossible to categorise this book. It isn't Crime, although crimes are committed, and it isn't

I received an advance review copy courtesy of NetGalley and publisher, Gallic Books, in return for an honest review.This is a strangely unnerving little book, blending a story of loss and vengeance with elements of magical realism and questions about the nature of life and death. Gaude powerfully depicts the impact on Matteo and his wife, Guiliana, of their sons death. Matteo is consumed by guilt, constantly reliving the day his son was shot and wondering about the minute microscopic changes

I received this ARC from NetGalley and the publisher, Gallic Books. I know I'm not the first (and I'm sure to not be the last) person to pick this one up expecting a horror novel. However, don't let the genre deter you from giving this a read. I was pleasantly surprised to find this was not just another author's take on the horrors of hell. Instead, Hell's Gate focuses more on the grief and psychological effects parents go through when losing a child. There's not much to the characters in this

I received and advance copy of this book from the publisher through Netgalley in exchange for and honest review.The nice people at Gallic books sent me an email asking me if I would "Fancy a Trip to the Underworld" and asked me to consider reviewing this book. I confess that I wasn't sure about this one, but I do like Gallic and they have provided a constant stream of books that I love by authors that I am unfamiliar with but have now become favorites. Despite my hesitation, I gave it a try and

A solid four stars for this quick read that takes you to the underworld (who can resist that?). I enjoyed the story that takes place in Italy (Naples). I found it interesting to read of the earthquake when they return from the underworld and there was no mention of Vesuvius which is in the neighborhood. I thought it would have been fun to bring in a bit of Greek Mythology into the story but it didnt happen.I wasnt crazy about the ending, I thought it could have been more. But overall, a very

One of the saddest novels Ive read in a while. Can easily be read in one night. The translation is a little wonky but the spirit of the book is intact. Highly recommended.