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Dingley est l\u2019\u00e9crivain le plus admir\u00e9 de l\u2019Empire britannique. Ses livres enchantent les lecteurs, sa parole soul\u00e8ve les foules. Lorsque la guerre des Boers \u00e9clate, il entrevoit le sujet de son prochain roman : l\u2019histoire d\u2019un mis\u00e9rable Londonien transform\u00e9 en h\u00e9ros par les \u00e9preuves du combat. Mais sur les terres d\u2019Afrique australe, la r\u00e9alit\u00e9 se r\u00e9v\u00e8le moins docile que la fiction. Un ennemi fait preuve d\u2019une g\u00e9n\u00e9rosit\u00e9 inattendue, la civilisation montre son visage brutal, et une trag\u00e9die intime vient \u00e9branler les certitudes de l\u2019illustre \u00e9crivain.<\/p>\n
Avec une ironie subtile et une remarquable p\u00e9n\u00e9tration psychologique, J\u00e9r\u00f4me et Jean Tharaud explorent une contradiction troublante : les hommes les plus sensibles \u00e0 la beaut\u00e9 ne sont pas n\u00e9cessairement les plus attentifs \u00e0 la souffrance. Leur originalit\u00e9 consiste \u00e0 placer au c\u0153ur de la violence imp\u00e9riale non un conqu\u00e9rant, mais un \u00e9crivain qui lui donne sa grandeur et sa l\u00e9gitimit\u00e9.<\/p>\n
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