Bernard-Henri Lévy writes his memoirs through the people he has known
"Mémoires provisoires," out October 1, tells the philosopher's life across roughly fifty encounters rather than in straight autobiography. It also launches the new publishing house founded by Olivier Nora.
Bernard-Henri Lévy has chosen an unusual form for his memoirs. Rather than a linear account, "Mémoires provisoires" is built from some fifty portraits of people who, according to Le Monde, nourished his existence, altered its course or lit up its path. The result, the paper writes, sketches a familiar image of the author seen through others rather than through direct self-narration.
Among the figures profiled are the philosopher Gilles Deleuze, the writer and filmmaker Pier Paolo Pasolini, and the former French president François Hollande, according to Le Monde, which is publishing extended excerpts from the book in its "Monde des livres" section ahead of publication.
The book appears on October 1 and marks the first title from a newly founded publishing house set up by Olivier Nora, the former head of Éditions Grasset. No further detail on the imprint's name, catalogue or ambitions has been reported.
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