Succession Ouverte (Folio) (French Edition)

1962, French, Paperback, 192 pages, Succession Ouverte du Driss Chraibi Un homme vient de mourir, le vieux Seigneur. Avec lui meurt toute une époque. L'un de ses fils, Driss Ferdi, s'était jadis révolté contre lui, avait fui sa famille, son pays, brûlant de mordre à même la civilisation occidentale, de s'en nourrir, d'élargir son horizon humain. Or le jour où il s'aperçoit que la transplantation ne lui a apporté qu'angoisse, solitude, déséquilibre, il reçoit un télégramme de Casablanca lui apprenant la mort de son père. Il prend l'avion, regagne son pays natal. Par-delà la mort le dialogue avec le père continue, la succession est ouverte... A man has just died, the old Lord. With him dies a whole time. One of his sons, Driss Ferdi, had once rebelled against him, had fled his family, his country, burning to bite from Western civilization, to feed on it, to broaden his human horizon. However, the day he realizes that the transplant has brought him only anguish, loneliness, imbalance, he receives a telegram from Casablanca telling him of his father's death. He flies back to his native country. Beyond death the dialogue with the father continues, the succession is open...