Midi musique et mots : avec Louis Achille

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Three debut novels and a return to solid ground, here is the original menu for this new season of Midi musique et mots. Members of the Biel Solothurn Symphony Orchestra TOBS! present a chamber music program to accompany these readings of texts by Swiss authors. And since Biel is the fortunate host of the Swiss Literary Institute (a department of the Bern University of Applied Sciences BFH), Nebia is delighted to draw from this talented pool. A menu prepared on-site is served to the audience. The first coming-of-age novel set between the Lausanne viaducts, swirling capitals, and the quarries of Mormont, J’aurais voulu être douze serpents explores the fractures of memory and the gray areas of identity. The narrator retraces the thread of scattered memories, between shards of the past and visions of an uncertain future. For how does one construct oneself when there are no role models? How does one create a home, yes, but also how does one become a man and what does it mean to become a man? The author explores numerous paths, especially those leading to toxic masculinity. This accessible text liberates a free and fluid language. Powerful. Duration: 60 min. Three debut novels and a text tailored to measure – this is the menu for this year's Midi musique et mots series, which brings together chamber music and Swiss literature over lunch at the Nebia bar. A (first) coming-of-age novel set between the Lausanne viaducts, swirling capitals, and the quarries of Mormont: J’aurais voulu être douze serpents explores the fractures of memory and the gray areas of identity. The narrator unravels the thread of these scattered memories, between shards of the past and visions of an uncertain future. For how does one construct oneself when there are no role models? How does one create a home, and above all: how does one become a man and what does that even mean? The author Louis Achille lays out numerous paths, particularly those leading to toxic masculinity. This easily accessible text is based on a free, powerful, and creatively mobile language. Duration: 60 min.