Tony Morrison by Villa Gillet
As far as context,Best US book published in the last 25 years. Nobel prize winner. Highest of expectations.Bilingual highschool hosts. Culture lyonnaise assize. Window grasping.Theme/ TopicComplete works.Latest exhibition “Etranger chez soi” “mise en scène” at the Louvre. Slavery, urban life, jazz, omniscient narrator versus“characters hors livre”.Speaker(s)Credits for co-organisers. Partnership with “Progres” for “les Assises”. Cute (though neither curly, nor blond) Chartreaux host. Intrusive translator and “Le Monde” journalist in direct contact with “the” narrator.OrganizationGood use of space reported to the cramming crowd.Flawless, overall.Speaking time (quantity)2 h or so. 4 pages read and felt in 20 soothing minutes.Speaking time (quality)A plus for the sound. Reading excerpt from “Jazz”. Public deeply engrossed. A voice ruling a room. Reaps of applauses.ExchangeQ& A with “le Monde” journalist. Help with homework (biblical reference and “522”) for students of Chartreaux.Conclusion in terms of pleasure & instruction1st account on Toni Morrison and her works- in Med Cult class. Individual reading. Grasping exhibition in Paris.Style acknowledged.“I would love to have her as a story teller…….”