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La Cata
Michel Picard

Thomas was just like your or me. A quiet life. A girlfriend. Students. Friends. All of a sudden, out of the clear blue sky, the catara-strophe! Bull’s eye! A low blow. Sideswiped by age, in fact. The anxiety suddenly crystallizing around his once-crystal-clear gaze is too much. The idea of taking a bite out of the apple of his eye seems unbearable.
The need for surgery will play the role of a developer, bringing the image to light. It will open his eyes: cataract surgery is for the elderly. But Thomas is still years from retirement, and everyone says he looks young for his age. As far back as he can remember, he’s always been young! Growing old, he vaguely figures, is basically staying the same, with a few insignificant, superficial changes: distinguished graying around your temples, “laugh lines,”: the road stretching out further behind you, but that’s all; the horizon keeps moving forward with you. Thomas knew he was middle-aged, but he wasn’t really sure what two ages that put him between. He was only as old as his dreams.
What’s funny about growing old is that you stay young. That sentence pretty much sums up this novel. Thomas’s terror and trauma actually allow for some comical scenes. You can’t help but laugh. Or think, well, one way or another, we all go down that road – but also, that it can’t be such a big deal.
After Matantemma, a light-hearted novel about Michel Picard’s main obsession: time(‘s passing). Or the story of Thomas, who thought he was young, but who aged pretty damn quick…

La Cata -
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  • Buchet/Chastel
  • Littérature française
  • Publication date : 12/02/2009
  • Size : 11,5 x 19,0 cm, 252 p., 14,20 EUR €
  • ISBN 978-2-283-02376-1
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